Legal Opinion
Schwartz v. Public Administrator
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 20, 1969PublishedCited by 760 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKeating, J.
Three cases come to us presenting a common and significant question of procedural law: Should a judgment in favor of a passenger in an action against the operators of two colliding vehicles give rise to an estoppel, which would bar a subsequent action by one of the drivers against the other for his own personal injuries or property damage? To put the issue in terms of legal precedent, should Glaser v. Huette (232 App. Div. 119, affd. 256 N. Y. 686) be overruled? We conclude -that the need for a “ prompt and nonrepetitious judicial system ” and our recent decisions have so undermined the…
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