Witrak v. Nassau Electric Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Nassau Electric Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 18th day of November, 1899, upon the verdict of a jury for $3,500, and also from an. order entered in said clerk’s office on the 6th day of December, 1899, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J. :
The plaintiff in this action has recovered- a verdict of $3,500 for personal injuries sustained by her in consequence of being struck and knocked down by one of the defendant’s electric cars. She was pregnant at the time of the accident, and was delivered of a still-born child about six weeks afterward, the indications being that the child had died but a short time before delivery. The medical evidence showed that the confinement was about ten days late, and the physician who attended the plaintiff expressed the opinion that the injury was at least one factor in…
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