Case Name: Giuseppe Aloia and Mary Aloia, as Administrators of the Goods, Chattels and Credits Which Were of John Aloia, Deceased, Appellants, v. Louis Berkowitz and Henry S. Friedman, Individually and as Copartners, Doing Business under the Firm Name and Style of Leviathan Garage, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1934-10
Citations: 242 A.D. 778
Docket Number: 
Parties: Giuseppe Aloia and Mary Aloia, as Administrators of the Goods, Chattels and Credits Which Were of John Aloia, Deceased, Appellants, v. Louis Berkowitz and Henry S. Friedman, Individually and as Copartners, Doing Business under the Firm Name and Style of Leviathan Garage, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 242
Pages: 778–778

Head Matter:
Giuseppe Aloia and Mary Aloia, as Administrators of the Goods, Chattels and Credits Which Were of John Aloia, Deceased, Appellants, v. Louis Berkowitz and Henry S. Friedman, Individually and as Copartners, Doing Business under the Firm Name and Style of Leviathan Garage, Respondents.

Opinion:
Judgment dismissing the complaint on the opening by plaintiffs' counsel reversed on the law and a new trial granted, costs to abide the event. Plaintiffs' intestate, upon the facts stated in the opening, which must be taken as true, was clearly an invitee, and the defendants owed him the duty of exercising due care against dangers reasonably to be anticipated by the defendants. We are of the opinion that a jury might well say that fire was such a danger. Lazansky, P. J., Young, Carswell, Scudder and Tompkins, JJ., concur.