Matheson v. Joy-Kar Taxi, Inc.

In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, dated June 6, 1968, which denied his motion for reconsideration of a prior denial of a trial preference. Order reversed, on the law and the facts, with $10 costs and disbursements, and trial preference granted. In our opinion, the fact that plaintiff received public assistance from the Nassau County Department of Public Welfare prior to his accident, and the fact that there is no causal relationship between his welfare status and his accident, should not, in…