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Darling v. State of New York

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Oct 21, 1965
212 N.E.2d 152 (N.Y. 1965)

Opinion

Argued September 27, 1965

Decided October 21, 1965

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department, JOHN P. GUALTIERI, J.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General ( Jean M. Coon and Paxton Blair of counsel), for appellant.

Paul N. Carter for respondents.


Order reversed and claim dismissed, without costs, upon the ground that the manner in which the automobile was being operated at the time, and not the presence of the utility pole in the grassy area of the shoulder of the highway, was the proximate producing cause of the accident ( Ellis v. State of New York, 16 A.D.2d 727, affd. 12 N.Y.2d 770; Kinne v. State of New York, 8 A.D.2d 903, affd. 8 N.Y.2d 1068).

Concur: Judges DYE, FULD, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE, SCILEPPI and BERGAN. Chief Judge DESMOND dissents and votes to affirm on these grounds: first, that, on this record, it was a question of fact, not law, as to whether the presence of the pole on the shoulder so near the travelled way was one of the proximate causes of the accident ( Sweet v. Perkins, 196 N.Y. 482; Forte v. City of Albany, 279 N.Y. 416); and, second, that this decision is inconsistent with Darling v. Village of Herkimer ( 4 N.Y.2d 1000) where we necessarily held that it was a question of fact not law whether this very pole was a proximate cause of this accident.


Summaries of

Darling v. State of New York

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Oct 21, 1965
212 N.E.2d 152 (N.Y. 1965)
Case details for

Darling v. State of New York

Case Details

Full title:HARRY DARLING et al., Respondents, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant. (Claim…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Oct 21, 1965

Citations

212 N.E.2d 152 (N.Y. 1965)
212 N.E.2d 152
264 N.Y.S.2d 698

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