Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event.
On December 13, 1977, the plaintiff Marilyn Goldstein, a student at C. W. Post Center who was 50 years old at the time of the trial, fell on a wet, muddy staircase at the university. It had been raining most of the day. The trial court refused to permit proof of prior accidents on the staircase occasioned by its slippery nature. Specifically, the plaintiffs were prevented from presenting...
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