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Title: William B. Hurder v. Samuel Kosoff & Sons
Author : Supreme Court of New York
Release Date : January 01, 1965
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
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Memorandum: Appellant was injured while on premises on which he was to perform services for a subcontractor after the arrival of certain materials on the job site. He contends that he was lawfully upon the premises as an invitee and that defendant, therefore, owed him the duty to have covered an open trench into which he fell. The trial court granted respondent's motion for a non-suit at the close of all of the evidence on the grounds that appellant ""was not lawfully on the premises"" and that, furthermore, he ""was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law"". There is sufficient proof in this record to have required submission to the jury of the questions of appellant's status and contributory negligence. Appellant was entitled to every reasonable inference which could be drawn from the evidence including the question of credibility, which the court in his statement on the granting of the non-suit indicated he decided adversely to appellant. (Bowers v. City Bank Farmers Trust Co., 282 N. Y. 442, 444, 445; cf. Knapp v. Fulton County Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Gloversville, 6 A.D.2d 742.) The refusal of the trial court to have submitted the case to the jury for its resolution makes a new trial necessary. Disposition Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and facts and a new trial granted, with costs to the appellant to abide the event.