Legal Opinion
Wittman v. Gilson
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 4, 1988PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
Plaintiffs daughter died from injuries suffered in a head-on collision between the car she was driving and a vehicle driven *972by defendant while intoxicated. Defendant was charged with criminally negligent homicide and pleaded guilty. Shortly thereafter, plaintiff, administratrix of her daughter’s estate, commenced this action seeking compensatory damages for wrongful death and for conscious pain and suffering of her decedent. Punitive damages were also sought. The trial court directed a verdict as…
2Cited by14 opinions
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- Laurie Marie M. v. Jeffrey T. M.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
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