Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is granted, with costs to abide the event.
Since a valid theory of negligence was offered to support the plaintiff's complaint, the court erred in dismissing the complaint after opening statements (see generally, De Vito v Katsch,
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