Legal Opinion
Wood v. Webster Paper & Supply Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 19, 1954PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBergan, J.
On a late February afternoon in 1953, two vehicles collided on a curve in an Adirondack highway between Saranac Lake and Lake Placid. Donald Lyman Briggs, the driver of a Nash car moving westerly toward Saranac Lake was killed; the driver of a Studebaker automobile moving easterly, Kenneth L. Wood, and his wife, Jeanette E. Wood, riding with him, were injured. It was snowing intermittently; the surface of the road was slushy on the sides but the center was relatively free of ice and snow.
The surviving injured parties have recovered verdicts against! the estate of Briggs and against his…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Tryon v. WillbankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1932
- Bogardus v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1945
- Clark v. Globe Indemnity CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
- Clark v. Globe Indemnity Co.New York Supreme Court · 1933
- Kawczynski v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
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