Case Name: Harriette Greene, Respondent, v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1960-01-21
Citations: 23 Misc. 2d 894
Docket Number: 
Parties: Harriette Greene, Respondent, v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 894–894

Head Matter:
Harriette Greene, Respondent, v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
January 21, 1960.
Conboy, Hewitt, O’Brien $ Boardman (James 8. Rowen of counsel), for appellant. Benjamin Bomrind for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Wanton or willful misconduct entails a reckless disregard of safety or of right or of consequences. Under the circumstances here, the attempted removal by a trainman of a passenger's bag from an overhead baggage rack, at the passenger's request, while the train was moving slowly as it entered the station cannot justly be characterized as '1 extremely dangerous ". Nor does the evidence warrant any of the terms denoting willful or wanton misconduct employed by the court below to fix liability upon defendant for the injury caused to plaintiff when the bag slipped from the trainman's grasp.
The judgment being based upon a finding clearly against the weight of the evidence may not be permitted to stand.
The judgment should be reversed, with costs, and complaint dismissed, with costs.
Concur — Hecht, J. P., Aurelio and Timer, JJ.
Judgment reversed, etc.