Legal Opinion

Falcone v. National Casket Co.

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

Decided February 6, 1920PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, National Casket Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court' in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 27th day of June, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury for $5,200, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the Court

Merrell, J.:

This action is to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, claimed to have resulted by reason of the negligence of the chauffeur of the defendant, for which the defendant is responsible. Upon the trial the jury rendered a verdict in plaintiff’s favor and against the defendant for $5,200, upon which the judgment was entered from which this appeal was taken.

But two grounds for reversal are urged by the appellant upon this appeal: First, because of a claimed error of the court in admitting in evidence a hospital sign and testimony concerning hospital signs upon the…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. A. H. Woods Theatre Co. v. GilchristAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
  2. Keane v. FelshinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939

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