Kosiorek v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Judgment unanimously reversed on the law without costs and new trial granted. Memorandum: The trial court erred in submitting to the jury a verdict sheet that did not contain, as a precondition to the assessment of damages, interrogatories respecting defendant’s negligence and whether negligence, if found, proximately caused decedent’s death. The error improperly restricted the jury’s consideration of important factual issues (see, Robertson v Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda Union Free School Dist. 112 AD2d 17; Miocic v Winters, 66 AD2d 770). Timely exception was taken (see, CPLR 4111 [b]) and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hambsch v. New York City Transit AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Cassano v. HagstromNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
- Lavorato v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- People v. BatticeNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
- Velte v. Jainew Enterprises, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
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- Kosiorek v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Schozer v. William Penn Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
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