Philpot v. Fifth Ave. Coach Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Fifth Avenue Ooach Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff,entered in the, office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 23d day of June, 1910, upon the verdict of a juiy for $17,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 28th day of June, 1910, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, P. J.:
On the 24th day of September, 1908, the plaintiff, while standing on the sidewalk on Fifth avenue and Fortyffifth street, was run into by one of the defendant’s coaches. She received serious injuries, which resulted in the amputation of her left leg, for which she has recovered a judgment, from which the defendant appeals. The cause of action is based solely upon negligence. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff was, “solely through the negligence and carelessness of the defendant, struck by one of the aforesaid ■ automobile stages or coaches, then in charge of and operated…
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