Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1937

Eagan v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

Eagan v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided October 29, 1937
252 A.D. 791; 300 N.Y.S. 707; 1937 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 6308
Eagan v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

Opinion of the Court

The plaintiff wife sued to recover for personal injuries *792sustained when she tripped and fell over a carton containing groceries that had been placed behind her, on the floor, by one of defendant’s clerks. Her husband’s action was to recover for medical expenses and loss of services. Judgments in favor of plaintiffs affirmed, with costs. No opinion. Hagarty, Carswell and Davis, JJ., concur; Adel and Taylor, JJ., dissent and vote to reverse and grant a new trial on the ground that the verdicts are against the greater weight of the credible evidence.

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