Case Name: Morris Lieberman, as Administrator of the Estate of Abraham Lieberman, Deceased, Respondent, v. Amos C. Van Gaasbeek et al., Appellants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1918-04-23
Citations: 223 N.Y. 640
Docket Number: 
Parties: Morris Lieberman, as Administrator of the Estate of Abraham Lieberman, Deceased, Respondent, v. Amos C. Van Gaasbeek et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 223
Pages: 640–643

Head Matter:
Morris Lieberman, as Administrator of the Estate of Abraham Lieberman, Deceased, Respondent, v. Amos C. Van Gaasbeek et al., Appellants.
Lieberman v. Van Gaasbeek, 172 App.'Div. 916, affirmed.
(Argued March 26, 1918;
decided April 23, 1918.)
Appeal, by permission, from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered April 4, 1916, unanimously affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict in an action to recover for the death of plaintiff's intestate alleged to have been occasioned through the negligence of defendants. The intestate met death in a fire which occurred in a building wherein he was working, owned by the defendants Van Gaasbeek and Nash, and leased by the defendant Proctor. Negligence on the part of defendants was predicated on their alleged failure to provide proper and suitable means of exit through doors, stairs, windows and fire escapes from the workroom where intestate was employed.
John T. Nash for Amos C. Van Gaasbeek et al., appellants.
Charles Irving Oliver for Frederick F. Proctor, appellant.
Melvin T. Bender for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cuddeback, Cardozo, Pound, Crane and .Andrews, JJ.