Dowling v. Dowling

In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Barn-brick, J.), dated May 21, 1987, which was in favor of the plaintiff and against the respondents in the principal sum of $5,000, upon a jury verdict.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

At the trial of this action arising from a chain-reaction automobile collision in which the plaintiff was a passenger in the third of five automobiles, the trial court properly submitted the "seat belt defense” to the jury inasmuch as the respondents had…