Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1907

Perelli v. New York City Railway Co.

Perelli v. New York City Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided June 14, 1907
120 A.D. 372; 104 N.Y.S. 1047; 1907 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1181

Counsel

Bayard H. Ames, for the appellant.,, Thomas F. Gilroy, Jr., for the respondent.

Perelli v. New York City Railway Co.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam :

- It was clear error .to submit to the jury any question as to the permanency of the plaintiff’s injuries,, for there was. no evidence ' justifying such submission: The plaintiff’s, physician, who alone '.was-interrogated on the point, declined to' express an opinion, urging" that an answer “ would be speculative because it all depends'- on the kind of, treatment he received.” There was no other evidence . on the subject.' • ’ - -

*373The. judgment and order should be reversed and á new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide the event.

Present — Patterson, P. J., McLaughlin, Laughlin, Houghton and SoOtt, JJ. 1 ...

Judgment and. order reversed, new trial ordered, costs to appellant to abide event.

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