Legal Opinion

Central Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Bonded Freightways, Inc.

New York Supreme Court

Decided August 2, 1948PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSearl, J.

A jury has awarded plaintiff $1,642.95 damages following a collision between plaintiff’s bus and a tractor-trailer owned by the corporate defendant and driven by the individual defendant at the east end of a bridge located a short distance west of the village of Montezuma on Route 31.

Defendants base this motion for a new trial upon two arguments: (1) that an improper rule of damages was adopted; *322(2) that the court improperly charged the jury following one of defendant’s requests.

A steel bridge spanned the Seneca River. Its total length was 342 feet. A steel superstructure, 188 feet in length,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Allen v. . FoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
  2. Rapp v. Mabbett Motor Car Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
  3. Murphy v. New York City Railway Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1908
  4. Sellari v. Palermo, New York County Courts1947
  5. Cardozo v. BloomingdaleAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1913

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Roundtree v. SinghAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  2. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschaapij, N. V. v. United Technologies Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
  3. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, N. V. v. United Technologies CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
  4. The Greyhound Corporation v. The Salvation Army, Defendant-RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958

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