Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York May 3, 1966 (Claim of Hatch v. Grand Union Co.)

Aulisi, J.

Claimant, manager of a chain store, left the premises of the store and crossed a street to a parking lot in order to close the windows of his car and of the ears of several eoemployees. The cars were parked there in order to leave parking space on the street available for customers. The closing of the windows was necessitated by a sudden Summer rainstorm.