D'Alcamo v. Goldbach

In an action to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate through the alleged negligence of the defendant in the operation of his automobile, judgment reversed on the law and a new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide the event. The trial court erroneously refused to charge, upon plaintiff’s request, that if her intestate was crossing at the crosswalk with the light and reached a point within twelve or fifteen feet of the east curb, where he was struck when the light turned to black, he had the right of way over defendant’s automobile. The court was further in error in…