Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1956

Burke v. Bruno

Burke v. Bruno
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided November 13, 1956
2 A.D.2d 892; 156 N.Y.S.2d 1017; 1956 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3879
Burke v. Bruno

Opinion of the Court

In an action to recover damages for wrongful death and for conscious pain and suffering, the appeal is from a judgment entered on a jury verdict dismissing the complaint. Judgment affirmed, with costs. No opinion. Wenzel, Acting P. J., Beldoek, Hallinan and Kleinfeld, JJ., concur; Murphy, J., dissents and votes to reverse the judgment and to grant a new trial, with the following memorandum: It was prejudicial and reversible error to admit the testimony of the medical examiner over the objection of appellant’s counsel.

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