Hetz v. First Methodist Church of United States

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Hetz v. First Methodist Church of United States

40 A.D.2d 1013, 339 N.Y.S.2d 651, 1972 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3000

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedDecember 26, 1972

StatusPublished

This text of 40 A.D.2d 1013 (Hetz v. First Methodist Church of United States) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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Hetz v. First Methodist Church of United States, 40 A.D.2d 1013, 339 N.Y.S.2d 651, 1972 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3000 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1972).

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In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff wife, plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, entered June 9, 1971, in favor of defendant, upon a jury verdict for defendant at a trial limited to the defense of release. Judgment affirmed, without costs. No opinion. Latham, Acting P. J., Gulotta, Christ and Brennan, JJ., concur; Benjamin, J., dissents and votes to reverse and to direct a verdict in favor of plaintiffs on the issue of release, with the following memorandum: It was unconscionable, as a matter of law, for defendant to take a release from plaintiffs.

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In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff wife, plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, entered June 9, 1971, in favor of defendant, upon a jury verdict for defendant at a trial limited to the defense of release. Judgment affirmed, without costs. No opinion. Latham, Acting P. J., Gulotta, Christ and Brennan, JJ., concur; Benjamin, J., dissents and votes to reverse and to direct a verdict in favor of plaintiffs on the issue of release, with the following memorandum: It was unconscionable, as a matter of law, for defendant to take a release from plaintiffs.

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40 A.D.2d 1013, 339 N.Y.S.2d 651, 1972 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3000, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/hetz-v-first-methodist-church-of-united-states-nyappdiv-1972.