Judgment and orders unanimously reversed on the law and facts and a new trial granted, with costs to the appellant to abide the event.
Memorandum:
The verdicts in favor of each of these plaintiffs are totally irreconcilable and inconsistent. Contributory negligence is conduct on the part of a plaintiff which falls below the standard to which he should conform for his own protection (Restatement, Torts, § 463). Where, as here, there is one accident and...
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