Case Name: William Mahon, Respondent, v. Sigmund Orbach, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1923-03-06
Citations: 235 N.Y. 555
Docket Number: 
Parties: William Mahon, Respondent, v. Sigmund Orbach, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 235
Pages: 555–556

Head Matter:
William Mahon, Respondent, v. Sigmund Orbach, Appellant.
Negligence — elevators — injury from walking into unguarded elevator shaft.
Mahon v. Orbach, 202 App. Div. 797, affirmed.
(Argued February 2, 1923;
decided March 6, 1923.)
Appeal, by permission, from a judgment of the Appel- • late Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered June 26, 1922, unanimously affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict in an action to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff through the negligence of defendant who was the owner of a factory building on East Ninety-first street in the city of New York. Plaintiff, a truckman in the special employ of one of defendant’s tenants, walked into an open, unguarded elevator shaft and faffing received the injuries complained of.
Max L. Schallek for appellant.
Jacob Zelenko and Frederick L. Hackenburg for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs ; no opinion.
Concur: Hogan, Cardozo, Pound, McLaughlin and Andrews, JJ. Dissenting: His cock, Ch. J., and Crane, J.