Griffith v. American Bridge Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, American Bridge Company of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 19 th day of June, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury for $32,396.50, and also from two orders entered in said clerk’s office on the 19th and 26th days of June, 1913, respectively, denying defendant’s motions for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Per curiam
The testimony on this second trial materially changes the case as presented in 157 Appellate Division, 264. The proof of the deadening effect of hypodermic injections of morphine is clear. Its influence upon plaintiff when he signed the so-called settlement agreement is directly opposed to that stated on the first trial. Plaintiff’s experts testify that such injection tended to dull and stupefy, and not to brighten the patient; and in this opinion defendant’s own physician now concurs, thus taking back his previous testimony that it would make plaintiff more capable of transacting business.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Griffith v. American Bridge Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- Svendsen v. Frank McWilliams, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
3Cited by1 opinion
- O'Connor v. James Stewart & Co.New York Supreme Court · 1916