ABOOD v. HOSP. AMBULANCE SERV.


30 N.Y.2d 295 (1972)

Arthur Abood et al., Plaintiffs, and Motors Insurance Corporation, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Hospital Ambulance Service, Inc., Appellant, and Beatrice Russo et al., Defendants-Respondents. Angela L. Russo et al., Respondents, v. Hospital Ambulance Service, Inc., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 3, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Gilleran and Edward L. Milde for appellant.

Robert G. Martin, Julius Diamond and Martin H. McGlynn for defendants-respondents and respondents.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL and GIBSON concur.


JASEN, J.

This appeal requires us to pass upon a question of public importance concerning right-of-way privileges granted by statute to ambulances being driven as emergency vehicles.

An ambulance owned by the defendant, Hospital Ambulance Service, Inc., answering an emergency call1, collided with another vehicle at the traffic-controlled intersection of 7th Avenue and 3rd...

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