Atwell v. Winkler

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Atwell v. Winkler

196 A.D. 946, 188 N.Y.S. 158

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided April 15, 1921·Published·Cited by 1 cases

Opinion

The sealed verdict for defendant is against the court’s plain charge. To find defendant free from blame, the jury must have disregarded his own account of the way he ran the car from the Boulevard into Bay Sixty-second street, his rash run toward the shore ending in breakneck plunge through the barriers to the beach beneath. If the jury got the unfounded idea that one having a friendly gratuitous ride was not entitled to proper care, and had no remedy for such carelessness, they failed to heed what the court had plainly laid down for their guidance. The order setting aside this verdict is, therefore, [947] unanimously affirmed, with, costs. Present — Mills, Rich, Putnam, Blaekmar and Jaycox, JJ.

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The sealed verdict for defendant is against the court’s plain charge. To find defendant free from blame, the jury must have disregarded his own account of the way he ran the car from the Boulevard into Bay Sixty-second street, his rash run toward the shore ending in breakneck plunge through the barriers to the beach beneath. If the jury got the unfounded idea that one having a friendly gratuitous ride was not entitled to proper care, and had no remedy for such carelessness, they failed to heed what the court had plainly laid down for their guidance. The order setting aside this verdict is, therefore, [947] unanimously affirmed, with, costs. Present — Mills, Rich, Putnam, Blaekmar and Jaycox, JJ.

Atwell v. Winkler, 196 A.D. 946, 188 N.Y.S. 158 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1921).

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