19 A.D.2d 635 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1963
In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injury, the defendant Board of Education of the City of Hew York appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, entered December 23, 1960 after trial upon a jury’s verdict of $70,000 in plaintiff’s favor, insofar as the judgment is against it. Judgment, insofar as appealed from, reversed on the law and the facts, without costs; action severed as against the defendant City of Hew York; and new trial granted as between the plaintiff and the defendant Board of Education. On August 19, 1955, the plaintiff, who had been employed as a cleaner by the custodian