Legal Opinion

Rizzo v. Mendelsohn

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 6, 1957Published

1Opinion of the Court

— Respondent has recovered a judgment against appellant in an action to recover damages for wrongful death and conscious pain and suffering. The complaint alleges and respondent testified that while she was driving a motor vehicle, in which the intestate was riding, on a one-way street between a double-parked truck on one side of the street and appellant’s motor vehicle which he was in the process of backing into a parking space on the other side, appellant moved his car causing it to come into contact with hers. Appellant testified that his ear was not in motion at the time of the accident…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Poplar v. Bourjois, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1948
  2. Seifter v. . Brooklyn Heights R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
  3. McQuade v. Metropolitan St. Ry. Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
  4. Fuchs v. BrodyNew York Court of Appeals · 1940

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