Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1945

Richardson v. Erie Railroad Co.

Richardson v. Erie Railroad Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 2, 1945
269 A.D. 805; 55 N.Y.S.2d 478; 1945 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3929
Richardson v. Erie Railroad Co.

Opinion of the Court

Judgment reversed on the law and a new trial granted, with costs to the appellant to abide the event. Memorandum: Upon the plaintiff’s proof and particularly the testimony as to the failure of the wigwag signals to operate, we think there was sufficient to take the case to the jury. (Carr v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co., 225 N. Y. 44; Elias v. Lehigh Valley R. R. Co., 226 N. Y. 154; Hand v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. Co., 267 App. Div. 1037, affd. 293 N. Y. 845.) All concur, except Love, J., who dissents and votes for affirmance. (The judgment dismisses the complaint at close of plaintiff’s case in an action for damages for personal injuries arising out of a collision between an automobile and a freight train.) Present — Taylor, P. J., Dowling, McCurn, Larkin and Love, JJ.

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