Legal Opinion
Runfola v. Bryant
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 27, 1987PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment unanimously reversed on the law with costs and new trial granted. Memorandum: The Trial Judge committed reversible error in failing to charge the jury adequately on the principles of comparative negligence (CPLR 1411). Plaintiffs’ counsel specifically requested the court to instruct the jury on the rules of comparative negligence set forth in the Pattern Jury Instructions (PJI 2:36 [Supp]), but the court declined to do so. PJI 2:36 (Supp) sets forth the principles necessary to evaluate the relative culpable conduct of the parties (CPLR 1411, 1412) and contains three steps for…
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