Case Name: Edwin Avery, Appellant, v. Order of St. Basil the Great, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1968-04-03
Citations: 21 N.Y.2d 908
Docket Number: 
Parties: Edwin Avery, Appellant, v. Order of St. Basil the Great, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 21
Pages: 908–910

Head Matter:
Edwin Avery, Appellant, v. Order of St. Basil the Great, Respondent.
Argued February 26, 1968;
decided April 3, 1968.
Maurice P. O’Brien for appellant.
William F. McNulty for respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Chief Judge Fuld and Judges Burke, Scileppi, Bergan, Breitel and Jasen. Judge Keating dissents and votes to reverse and grant a new trial on the ground that there were questions of fact, properly presented to the jury under an adequate charge, both as to breach of a duty owed to plaintiff by defendant and as to plaintiff's freedom from contributory negligence.