Legal Opinion

Hennessy v. Walker

New York Court of Appeals

Decided November 29, 1938PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRippey, J.

At the time of the accident, a semitrailer owned by appellant, Niagara Freight Lines, Inc., was being hauled by a truck owned by defendant Walker and operated over a public highway by his employee Peck. Through the negligence of Peck, a head-on collision occurred between the truck and a Chevrolet automobile occupied by William Hennessy and David and Ralph Robertson, as a result of which Hennessy was killed and the two Robertsons injured. Judgments in favor of the administratrix of Hennessy and in favor of the two Robertsons for injuries causing the death of Hennessy and for injuries to the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Psota v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1927
  2. Potts v. . PardeeNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
  3. Van Blaricom v. . DodgsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
  4. Seligman v. . FriedlanderNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
  5. Fluegel v. CoudertNew York Court of Appeals · 1927

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