Legal Opinion
Dotoratos v. Greenidge
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 19, 1967PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNathaniel T. Helman, J.
This is a motion by defendant to dismiss the third cause of action for failure to state a cause of action.
The individual plaintiff sues in the first cause of action for damages for personal injuries in an automobile accident, and in the second cause for property damage to his car.
The third cause of action is by his employer to recover for loss of his services in the sum of $5,000.
There are early cases which gave a right of action to a master for loss of services of a servant wrongfully injured by a third person. The old common-law theory was that a servant being a member of the master’s…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. FlintSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Crab Orchard Improvement Co. v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1940
- Tidd v. . SkinnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Chelsea Moving & Trucking Co. v. Ross Towboat Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Woodward v. WashburnNew York Supreme Court · 1846
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Ferguson v. Green Island Contracting Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
- Bowen v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- Myrurgia Perfumes, Inc. v. American Airlines, Inc.Civil Court of the City of New York · 1971
- Ferguson v. Rensselaer County Air Park, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1973
- Ferguson v. Green Island Contracting Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974