Legal Opinion
Owen v. Rochester-Penfield Bus Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 24, 1952PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFboessel, J.
A jury has awarded plaintiff the sum of $5,000 by way of damages to compensate her for having suffered a severe frostbite of both feet. She claims these injuries were sustained as the result of defendant’s negligence in failing properly to heat its bus while she was a passenger. The Appellate Division unanimously reversed the judgment on the law and facts and dismissed the complaint. In this state of the record, plaintiff is entitled to the benefit of every favorable inference which can reasonably be drawn from facts proven (De Wald v. Seidenberg, 297 N. Y. 335, 336, 337; Betzag v. Gulf Oil…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Poplar v. Bourjois, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1948
- De Wald v. SeidenbergNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Imbrey v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
- Betzag v. Gulf Oil Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1949
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