Case Name: Carmelo Procida, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent, et al., Defendants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1971-03-03
Citations: 28 N.Y.2d 681
Docket Number: 
Parties: Carmelo Procida, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent, et al., Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 681–687

Head Matter:
Carmelo Procida, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent, et al., Defendants.
Argued January 6, 1971;
decided March 3, 1971.
Bernard Meyerson, Moe Levine and Aaron J. Broder for appellant.
J. Lee Rankin, Corporation Counsel (Alfred Weinstein, Stanley Buchsbaum and George A. Weiler of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Order reversed and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event, upon the ground that a prima facie case of negligence was made out. There was adequate evidence of notice, which the jury was warranted in accepting, adduced largely from city employees and city records.
Concur: Chief Judge Fuld and Judges Bebgan, Bbeitel and Gibson. Judge Jasen dissents and votes to affirm in the following opinion in which Judge Scileppi concurs. Taking no part: Judge Bubke.