LOPEZ v. YANNOTTI


24 A.D.2d 758 (1965)

Joan Lopez, as Administratrix of The Estate of William Lopez, Deceased, Respondent, v. Marie Yannotti, as Administratrix of The Estate of Salvatore Yannotti, Also Known as Steven Roman, Deceased, Appellant. (Action No. 1.) Marie Yannotti, as Administratrix of The Estate of Salvatore Yannotti, Deceased, Appellant, v. Sadie Lopez, Respondent. (Action No. 2.) Angelina Pinelli, Respondent, v. Sadie Lopez et al., Defendants, and Marie Yannotti, as Administratrix of The Estate of Salvatore Yannotti, Deceased, Appellant. (Action No. 3.)

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

October 11, 1965


Judgment reversed, without costs, and new trial granted as to all parties and all issues.

We believe it was prejudicial error to receive in evidence that part of Officer Maida's testimony which "reconstructed" the accident and expressed his opinion that just prior to the collision decedent William Lopez was driving east on Avenue L, and decedent Salvatore Yannotti was driving at 30 to 40 miles per hour, whereas Lopez was...

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