Mignery v. Gabriel

Defendant appeals from a $20,000 judgment in favor of the plaintiff in a negligence action, entered in the Broome County Clerk’s Office after a trial in the Supreme Court before a jury, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.

Plaintiff was hit and severely injured by a hit-and-run driver whose identity remains unknown. On the evening of July 17, 1954 plaintiff and his wife accompanied the defendant in his automobile to a place of entertainment known as Orchard Best. A young lady, whose name is Bosemary Manwaring, was also with them. At Orchard Best they met the plaintiff’s brother,…