Legal Opinion

Goodkin v. Brooklyn & Queens Transit Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 15, 1934PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment affirmed, with costs. Exhibit C for identification was not admissible in evidence. It contained opinions which were not records of an act, transaction, occurrence or event made in the course of the doctor’s profession. Lazansky, P. J., Kapper and Hagarty, JJ., concur; Carswell and Scudder, JJ., dissent and vote for reversal and a new trial, with the following memorandum: There was ample evidence to sustain the finding of the jury that defendant M. J. O’Hara Contracting Company was negligent. The court, however, erred in excluding Exhibit C for identification. It was admissible under…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Duffy v. Thomas A. Edison, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1933

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People v. KohlmeyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
  2. Wilson v. BodianAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  3. Jezowski v. BeachNew York Supreme Court · 1968
  4. In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of O'GradyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938

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