Legal Opinion

Battista v. Rizzi

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

Decided June 17, 1996PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The trial court properly excluded from evidence the police accident report, since the subscribing officer did not witness the accident and was unable to indicate the actual source of the information contained in the report (see, Matter of Aetna *534Cas. & Sur. Co. v Stone, 170 AD2d 599; Gagliano v Vaccaro, 97 AD2d 430; Avram v Haddad, 88 AD2d 942; Murray v Donlan, 77 AD2d 337). Rosenblatt, J. P., Sullivan, Copertino, Santucci and Goldstein, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Murray v. DonlanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
  2. Gagliano v. VaccaroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  3. Avram v. HaddadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  4. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. StoneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Noakes v. RosaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  2. Innes v. CasoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  3. OTTY Cab Corp. v. NazirAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2017