CORRIERA v. THIRD AVE. TR. CORP.


277 A.D. 82 (1950)

Carlo Corriera, Jr., an Infant, by His Guardian ad Litem, Mary Corriera, et al., Respondents, v. Third Avenue Transit Corporation, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

June 13, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Addison B. Scoville of counsel (Edward D. Burns with him on the brief; Saxe, Bacon and O'Shea, attorneys), for appellant.

Isidor Enselman of counsel (Louis Solomon with him on the brief and attorney), for respondent.

GLENNON, VAN VOORHIS and SHIENTAG, JJ., concur in Per Curiam opinion; PECK, P. J., dissents in opinion.


Per Curiam.

No exception was taken to the Judge's charge by defendant, nor did it make any request by way of clarification or elaboration thereof. While the charge could have been more specifically directed to the unusual situation presented in the case, the court below did put before the jury the fundamental issues involved. The jury was plainly instructed that in order for plaintiff to recover, the burden was upon...

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