Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1937

Sullivan v. New York Rapid Transit Corp.

Sullivan v. New York Rapid Transit Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided March 19, 1937
250 A.D. 779; 296 N.Y.S. 242; 1937 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8968
Sullivan v. New York Rapid Transit Corp.

Opinion of the Court

— Action for wrongful death arising out of the claimed negligent closing of a door on a subway train operated by the defendant, as a consequence of which the clothing of plaintiff’s intestate was caught in the door as he was emerging from the ear and he was dragged by the train in a manner that so injured him that he died. Judgment for the plaintiff unanimously affirmed, with costs. No opinion. (Appeal No. 2.) Order denying motion for a new trial on the ground of newly-discovered evidence unanimously affirmed, with costs. No opinion. Present — ■ Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Johnston and Taylor, JJ.

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