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Cambareri v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department
Jun 25, 1945
185 Misc. 273 (N.Y. App. Term 1945)

Opinion

June 25, 1945.

Appeal from the Municipal Court of the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, BURNET, J.

Lawrence H. King and Sidney O. Raphael for appellant.

Rowland H. Long for respondent.


MEMORANDUM


The jury should have been permitted to determine whether or not plaintiff unusually exerted himself ( Simson v. Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Assn., 263 A.D. 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 A.D. 243).

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

HAMMER, SHIENTAG and EDER, JJ., concur.

Judgment reversed, etc.


Summaries of

Cambareri v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department
Jun 25, 1945
185 Misc. 273 (N.Y. App. Term 1945)
Case details for

Cambareri v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

Case Details

Full title:JOSEPH CAMBARERI, Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department

Date published: Jun 25, 1945

Citations

185 Misc. 273 (N.Y. App. Term 1945)
56 N.Y.S.2d 455