Stevenson v. Brooklyn & Queens Transit Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Stevenson v. Brooklyn & Queens Transit Corp.

259 A.D. 1053, 21 N.Y.S.2d 19, 1940 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7939

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided June 24, 1940·Published

Opinion

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while plaintiff, a passenger of defendant railroad company, was alighting from one of its cars, plaintiff had a verdict. Judgment reversed on the facts and a new trial granted, with costs to abide the event, on the ground that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence. Johnston, Adel and Close, JJ., concur; Lazansky, P. J., and Hagarty, J., dissent and vote to affirm the judgment.

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In an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while plaintiff, a passenger of defendant railroad company, was alighting from one of its cars, plaintiff had a verdict. Judgment reversed on the facts and a new trial granted, with costs to abide the event, on the ground that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence. Johnston, Adel and Close, JJ., concur; Lazansky, P. J., and Hagarty, J., dissent and vote to affirm the judgment.

Stevenson v. Brooklyn & Queens Transit Corp., 259 A.D. 1053, 21 N.Y.S.2d 19, 1940 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7939 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1940).

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