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Leyva v. Levy

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 19, 1987
507 N.E.2d 311 (N.Y. 1987)

Opinion

Argued February 10, 1987

Decided March 19, 1987

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, Irwin M. Silbowitz, J.

Herman Schmertz for Ann Leyva, individually and as administratrix of Gustavo Leyva, deceased, appellant.

David Farber for Charles McNeil and another, appellants.

Marian C. Rice for Drah Cab Corporation, appellant.

Reginald T. Brewster for Yvonne Foss, appellant.

Doron Gopstein, Acting Corporation Counsel (Barry P. Schwartz and Fay Leoussis of counsel), for respondent.


Order insofar as appealed from affirmed, with costs to the City of New York against the appellants. There was testimony by the police officers who witnessed the entry of the Richardson vehicle that the vehicle entered the properly marked Van Cortlandt Park South ramp, and "there is simply no valid line of reasoning and permissible inferences which could possibly lead rational [jurors] to the [contrary] conclusion reached by the jury on the basis of the evidence presented at trial" (Cohen v Hallmark Cards, 45 N.Y.2d 493, 499).

Concur: Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA. Taking no part: Judge ALEXANDER.


Summaries of

Leyva v. Levy

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 19, 1987
507 N.E.2d 311 (N.Y. 1987)
Case details for

Leyva v. Levy

Case Details

Full title:ANN LEYVA, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of GUSTAVO E…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Mar 19, 1987

Citations

507 N.E.2d 311 (N.Y. 1987)
507 N.E.2d 311
514 N.Y.S.2d 718

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