Reitano v. Dobbs
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtSteuer, J.
In this personal injury action arising out of a collision between automobiles, the plaintiffs assert several rea*105sons why the verdict of the jury in favor of the defendant should be set aside. We find that none of them requires that to be done.
The first claimed error is based on a sentence in the charge quoted in the dissenting opinion. The appellants contend that this was an instruction to the effect that if the driver of the automobile in which the plaintiffs were passengers was contributorily negligent, negligence would bar recovery to the passengers. A careful reading of the quoted passage…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Damelio v. MachiNew York Supreme Court · 1948
- Margos v. GonzalesNew York Supreme Court · 1962
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- White v. MolinariAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990