Legal Opinion
Elfeld v. Burkham Auto Renting Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 19, 1949PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
This is a negligence action in which a judgment entered at Trial Term upon a jury’s verdict in plaintiff’s favor has been reversed at the Appellate Division on the law and the facts and the complaint dismissed on the law. The case reaches us upon an appeal by the plaintiff taken as of right from a judgment entered upon the order of the Appellate Division.
The plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of his son Matthew Elf eld, deceased, sues to recover damages for the death of the decedent who was killed by the overturning of a baker’s delivery truck he was driving. Plaintiff claims the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ferris v. . SterlingNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Shuba v. GreendonnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Eckert v. G. B. Farrington Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
- Eckert v. G.B. Farrington Co., Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1942
- Dittman v. DavisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1948
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Bornhurst v. Massachusetts Bonding & InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
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