VELAZQUEZ v. WATER TAXI, INC.


49 N.Y.2d 762 (1980)

Rosa Velazquez, Appellant, v. Water Taxi, Inc., et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dimitrios C. Fotopoulos for appellant.

Jacob M. Dinnes, Victor Roger Rubin and William Dinkes for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI and JONES concur in memorandum; Judge MEYER dissents and votes to reverse in an opinion in which Judges WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiff was injured when the taxi in which she was riding, owned by defendant Water Taxi, Inc., collided with a "hit and run" driver. She commenced arbitration proceedings pursuant to the uninsured motorist indorsement, and a legal action against Water Taxi, the driver Campbell and the driver's employer, Ramp Maintenance Corp. In the...

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