Legal Opinion
Franco v. Zingarelli
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 17, 1980PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Lupiano, J.
This appeal is from a judgment entered after a jury returned a verdict in favor of defendants in a personal injury action governed by New York’s comparative negligence rule.1 The circumstances of the accident as gleaned from the testimony may be set forth as follows:
On February 28, 1976, at about noon, decedent Francisca Franco, a 65-year-old woman, was crossing at the intersection of Tremont Avenue with Park Avenue, in The Bronx, when she was struck by a Volkswagen automobile operated by defendant Dennis L. Zingarelli and owned by defendant Christine M. Lesnak,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Hogeboom v. ProttsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1968
- Dann v. MartinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
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