CAIAZZO v. VOLKSWAGENWERK, A. G.

No. 73 C 1277.

468 F.Supp. 593 (1979)

Turi CAIAZZO and Frank Caiazzo, Plaintiffs, v. VOLKSWAGENWERK, A. G., and James Valentine, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

March 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay W. Dankner, New York City (Lipsig, Sullivan, Mollen & Liapakis, P.C., New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Edward L. Birnbaum, New York City (Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C., Michael Hoenig and Jeffrey L. Chase, New York City, of counsel), for defendant Volkswagenwerk A. G.

John V. Griffin, Jr., Merrick (Curtis, Hart & Zaklukiewicz, Merrick, of counsel), for defendant Valentine.


MEMORANDUM and ORDER

DOOLING, District Judge.

On January 17, 1972, plaintiffs husband and wife were driving westbound on the Long Island Expressway enroute from East Quogue to Pelham in their 1965 Volkswagen Minibus, and defendant Valentine, overtaking them in his 1963 Oldsmobile, struck the Volkswagen Minibus in the rear; the minibus swerved to the right, rolled over and finally came to rest facing east just off the right side of the expressway. Plaintiffs...

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