Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, 1945

Cambareri v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided June 25, 1945

185 Misc. 273; 56 N.Y.S.2d 455; 1945 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2049

Counsel

Lawrence H. King and Sidney 0. Raphael for appellant., Rowland H. Long for respondent.

Opinion of the Court

Memorandum Per Curiam.

The jury should have been permitted to determine whether or not plaintiff unusually exerted himself (Simson v. Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Assn., 263 App. Div. 297) or whether or not plaintiff’s injury was the natural or probable result of his voluntary act or an unforeseen consequence. (Meyer v. New York Life Insurance Co., 249 App. Div. 243).

The judgment should be reversed and a new trial ordered, with $30 costs to appellant to abide the event.

Hammer, Shientao and Eder, JJ., concur.

Judgment reversed, etc.

Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.