Stracher v. Pattee

In a personal injury action plaintiff appeals from a judgment off the Supreme Court at Trial Term entered upon a jury verdict in favor of defendant and from the denial of his motion to set aside the verdict. The uncontroverted facts were that at about 12:10 p.m. on February 11, 1962 plaintiff brought his automobile to a stop at the intersection of Eagle and State Streets in the City of Albany in obedience to a traffic control signal and that while awaiting a change of the light it was struck -in the rear by defendant’s skidding automobile. Defendant’s testimony was that when his vehicle was…