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Trappio v. National Auto Renting Co.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Oct 26, 1967
231 N.E.2d 775 (N.Y. 1967)

Summary

In Trappio the trial court ruled that the evidence was sufficient to support a jury finding of negligence when defendant's truck, hit in the rear by another vehicle after stopping for a red light at an intersection, thereafter traveled a distance of 54 feet, mounted the sidewalk, and struck the plaintiffs, who were pedestrians standing on the street corner.

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Opinion

Argued October 23, 1967

Decided October 26, 1967

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, CHARLES MARGETT, J.

Lewis I. Wolf, Henry Wolfman and Edward R. Koudelka, Jr., for appellants.

Benjamin H. Siff and Abraham B. Fuss for Rhodie Trappio, respondent.

No appearance for William Serries, respondent.


Order affirmed, with costs to respondent Trappio; no opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges VAN VOORHIS, BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, KEATING and BREITEL.


Summaries of

Trappio v. National Auto Renting Co.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Oct 26, 1967
231 N.E.2d 775 (N.Y. 1967)

In Trappio the trial court ruled that the evidence was sufficient to support a jury finding of negligence when defendant's truck, hit in the rear by another vehicle after stopping for a red light at an intersection, thereafter traveled a distance of 54 feet, mounted the sidewalk, and struck the plaintiffs, who were pedestrians standing on the street corner.

Summary of this case from Calvert v. Katy Taxi, Inc.

In Trappio, unlike the instant case, the plaintiff sued the drivers of both vehicles, but there is nothing in any of the opinions to imply that this joinder of all possible defendants was a controlling factor in determining the sufficiency of the evidence against the truck driver defendant.

Summary of this case from Calvert v. Katy Taxi, Inc.
Case details for

Trappio v. National Auto Renting Co.

Case Details

Full title:RHODIE TRAPPIO et al., Respondents, v. NATIONAL AUTO RENTING CO., INC., et…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Oct 26, 1967

Citations

231 N.E.2d 775 (N.Y. 1967)
231 N.E.2d 775
285 N.Y.S.2d 82

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