Legal Opinion
Ramirez v. Perlman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 11, 1954PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
On November 10,1949, on East 161st Street, in The Bronx, New York City, the infant plaintiff, then nine years of age, was run over and seriously injured by defendant’s automobile. He suffered, among other injuries, a severe fracture of the skull, with manifestations of resulting brain damage.
The jury found a verdict for defendant, and upon this appeal the question presented is whether there was error in the court’s charge in respect to the applicable law of contributory negligence.
Plaintiff first testified that he had no recollection of the accident. Other witnesses for the plaintiff had told…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Zwack v. New York, Lake Erie & Western RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Conrow v. SnyderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926
- Nowakowski v. New York & North Shore Traction Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
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- Kennedy v. CromerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1970
- Blackwood v. FarleyNew York Supreme Court · 1963
- Neill v. Jodum Cab Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1971
- Pitcher v. CuginiCivil Court of the City of New York · 1977