Legal Opinion

Linker v. Sears Roebuck & Co.

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

Decided October 28, 1996PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Dye, J.), entered August 9, 1995, which, upon a jury verdict, dismissed the complaint.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

Inasmuch as the plaintiffs failed to show that the accidents referred to in the trial transcript in an unrelated case were substantially similar to the injured plaintiffs accident, the trial court did not commit reversible error in excluding a portion of that trial transcript from evidence (see, e.g., Sawyer v Dreis & Krump…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Sawyer v. Dreis & Krump Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1986
  2. Murphy v. Estate of VeceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  3. Vega v. JacobsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Caserta v. Levittown School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  2. Chase Manhattan Bank v. BekerusAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  3. Grasso v. KosloweAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  4. Sehgal v. www.nyairports-bus.com, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  5. Abdenbi v. Walgreen CoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2025

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