Case Name: Superior Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Others, Appellants, v. George F. Driscoll Company and Others, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1933-03
Citations: 238 A.D. 875
Docket Number: 
Parties: Superior Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Others, Appellants, v. George F. Driscoll Company and Others, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 238
Pages: 875–875

Head Matter:
Superior Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Others, Appellants, v. George F. Driscoll Company and Others, Respondents.

Opinion:
As to defendants George F. Driscoll Company and Callanan and McGinn, judgment unanimously affirmed, with costs. As to defendant Marino, judgment reversed on the law and the facts and a new trial granted, costs to abide the event, upon the ground that a prima facie case of negligence was made out by the proof which showed an unusual emission of smoke and sparks, sufficient to occasion the fire, which, the jury could infer, resulted from an improper handling of the steam shovel or from the absence of a protective screen. Lazansky, P. J., Kapper, Hagarty, Carswell and Tompkins, JJ., concur.