New York Court of Appeals

Timothy Vaughan, Respondent v. Transit Development Company, Appellant

December 4, 1917222 N.Y. 79

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the lower court's judgment, holding that a bare licensee is owed only a limited duty to refrain from intentional, willful, or negligent affirmative acts and that the defendant did not breach that duty by leaving an opening in the floor during plumbing work.