Ackerman v. City of New York

In an action to recover damages for conscious pain and suffering and for the wrongful death of plaintiff’s intestate which occurred when an automobile which he was operating collided with one of the support pillars of an overhead bridge maintained by the defendant Long Island Rail Road Company, in which action a mistrial had been declared in order to give to said defendant and to its codefendant (the City of New York) an opportunity to move at Special Term for leave to amend their respective bills of particulars relating to their separate defenses of contributory negligence on the part of…