New York Court of Appeals, 1961

Smith v. Vaughn

Smith v. Vaughn
New York Court of Appeals · Decided October 19, 1961
10 N.Y.2d 864; 178 N.E.2d 915

Smith v. Vaughn

Opinion of the Court

Judgment affirmed, with costs. We do not approve the practice in negligence cases of charging section 1190 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law unless the proof fairly indicates that something more than ordinary negligence is involved. However, in the present case we do not consider that the court’s instructions as to this section were prejudicial error. No opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Dye, Fuld, Froessel, Van Voorhis, Burke and Foster.

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