Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1955

Gahan v. Oneida National Bank & Trust Co.

Gahan v. Oneida National Bank & Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided March 2, 1955
285 A.D. 998; 138 N.Y.S.2d 44; 1955 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 6431
Gahan v. Oneida National Bank & Trust Co.

Opinion of the Court

Judgement reversed on the law and facts and a new trial granted;' With 'cost’s to the- appellant ¡ to' abidé the event!‘ Memorandum: The facts as presented on the trial disclose no situation in which the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur could apply1 (George Foltis, Inc., v. City of New York, 287 N. Y. l08); nor Was the doctrine introduced or suggested!by counsel. The5 dharg¿i:óf "the‘trial!'60U'rt'that thiS>:doctriffe’ applied in-this cáse in-patent' error,' and, 'Under ‘the1 Circumstances "of the5 close questions - of- ne'gligetice'-hefe¡‘ presedted,-'. wag prejudicial1’to'the'kppellánt! ■ All'coiicúr. • (Appeal from a júfigm'ent'tif Oneidá; Tfial‘Ten¿;for plaintiff in -a nCgligence action-) Present - McCurn, P.J., Vaughan, Kimball, Wheeler and Van Duser, JJ.

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