KALECHMAN v. DREW AUTO RENTAL


33 N.Y.2d 397 (1973)

Felisa A. Kalechman, as Administratrix of The Estate of Hersz Kalechman, Deceased, Appellant, v. Drew Auto Rental, Inc., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 27, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon C. Carlen for appellant.

Ralph A. Cascella and James E. Hannon for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, BREITEL, GABRIELLI and JONES concur with Judge WACHTLER; Judge JASEN concurs in a separate opinion.


WACHTLER, J.

On April 2, 1968, Hersz Kalechman, a 26-year-old sales technician employed by Speizman Knitting Machine Company (Speizman) was killed in a collision between a truck and an automobile owned by the defendant Drew Auto Rental, Inc. At the time of the accident, Kalechman was a passenger in the defendant's automobile en route to Mexico to develop new territory for his employer. The car which was on an...

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