Legal Opinion
Bennett v. Cruz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 13, 1990PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bruce McM. Wright, J.), entered November 16, 1989, which, following a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff Verna Bennett, awarded her damages in the amount of $215,000, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff was struck by the rear of defendants’ truck while crossing the street at, or immediately adjacent to, a crosswalk. Since it was undisputed that plaintiff looked in the direction of oncoming traffic before stepping off the curb, and the truck struck her while backing up (i.e., moving in a direction from which no traffic would be…
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