New York Court of Appeals

Dorothy Dalton, Appellant v. Hamilton Hotel Operating Co., Inc., Respondent

May 14, 1926242 N.Y. 481

Summary

The Court of Appeals held that the plaintiff's storage agreement was a gratuitous bailment separate from the lease, that the lease and receipt exemption clauses did not shield the defendant from liability for gross negligence, and that the plaintiff established a prima facie case of gross negligence warranting reversal of the Appellate Division's dismissal and a new trial.