Legal Opinion
Kraus v. Fifth Avenue Coach Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 6, 1931PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Malley, J.
The judgment appealed from fixes the liability of the defendant Fifth Avenue Coach Company to plaintiff for personal injuries sustained. Defendant’s negligence is predicated upon the act of its chauffeur in permitting a coach which he was operating to back against the plaintiff while the latter was attempt*358ing to crank his motor track preparatory to leaving a ferry boat as it came to a landing in a slip at Liberty street, New York city. The defendant’s coach was first in line on the left side of the ferry boat and plaintiff’s truck was immediately to its rear, a space of about six feet…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Luby v. . the Hudson River Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Moore v. . RosenmondNew York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Schwartz v. LawrenceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Carp v. WilsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
- Stanley v. Surface Transit, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1964
- Vertullo v. Commonwealth InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1948