BROWN v. REID


72 Misc.2d 237 (1972)

Marcy Brown et al., Plaintiffs, v. Horace Reid et al., Defendants. Horace Reid, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. G & B Service Station, Inc., Third-Party Defendant.

Supreme Court, Trial Term, Nassau County.

December 21, 1972


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey Slevin for plaintiffs. Evans, Orr, Gourlay & Pacelli (William F. Laffan, Jr., of counsel), for New York Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation on behalf of defendant Buck Gowans. Rivkin, Leff & Sherman (Lawrence W. Hermer of counsel), for Horace Reid, defendant.


BERTRAM HARNETT, J.

Trouble for an innocent tort plaintiff in collecting damages from among multiple defendants too easily intrudes where the different liability carriers each seek to avoid liability by pointing to another, often forming a complete circle. This game of "who, Me?", which discredits our system of justice, is made worse when the State becomes its active promoter. And, even section 167 of the New...

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