Case Name: Maggie Pierce, as Administratrix, etc., of Laura Pierce, Deceased, Respondent, v. Village of Ravena and Town of Coeymans, Defendants. Village of Ravena, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1941-01-08
Citations: 261 A.D. 849
Docket Number: 
Parties: Maggie Pierce, as Administratrix, etc., of Laura Pierce, Deceased, Respondent, v. Village of Ravena and Town of Coeymans, Defendants. Village of Ravena, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 261
Pages: 849–850

Head Matter:
Maggie Pierce, as Administratrix, etc., of Laura Pierce, Deceased, Respondent, v. Village of Ravena and Town of Coeymans, Defendants. Village of Ravena, Appellant.

Opinion:
The defendant appeals from a judgment following the verdict of a jury for damages arising from the death through drowning of an infant, fourteen years of age, who was bathing in a pool constructed and maintained by the defendant. Negligence was predicated upon the failure of a life guard to act promptly by diving to recover the drowning person. The verdict was against the weight of the evidence upon that issue, and upon the issue of proximate cause if in fact it is to be found that the life guard delayed in entering the water. Judgment reversed on the law and facts, with costs to the appellant to abide the event, and a"new trial granted. Hill, P. J., and Foster, J., concur; Crapser, J., concurs, in the interests of justice; Bliss and Heffeman, JJ., dissent. [174 Misc. 774.]