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De Carlo v. Falco

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Apr 29, 1960
168 N.E.2d 132 (N.Y. 1960)

Summary

In De Carlo v. Falco (8 N.Y.2d 791) the plaintiff was a passenger in an eastbound car, No. 1, whose driver was intoxicated and weaved the car back and forth across the center line of the highway.

Summary of this case from Raimondo v. Harding

Opinion

Argued April 18, 1960

Decided April 29, 1960

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, HENRY CLAY GREENBERG, J.

Bernard Meyerson and Thomas V. Kingham for appellants-respondents.

Benjamin Adler, Gustave G. Rosenberg and George W. Loomer for respondent-appellant.

John M. Cunneen for respondents.


Judgment modified by dismissing the complaint as to defendants Pallos and, as so modified, affirmed, with costs to defendants Pallos. The proof of Steve Pallos' conduct, precipitated as it was by an emergency not of his own making, was as a matter of law insufficient to create liability (see Meyer v. Whisnant, 307 N.Y. 369; Andersen v. Bee Line, 1 N.Y.2d 169). No opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and FOSTER.


Summaries of

De Carlo v. Falco

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Apr 29, 1960
168 N.E.2d 132 (N.Y. 1960)

In De Carlo v. Falco (8 N.Y.2d 791) the plaintiff was a passenger in an eastbound car, No. 1, whose driver was intoxicated and weaved the car back and forth across the center line of the highway.

Summary of this case from Raimondo v. Harding
Case details for

De Carlo v. Falco

Case Details

Full title:FRANK DE CARLO, Respondent-Appellant, v. ELIZABETH FALCO et al.…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Apr 29, 1960

Citations

168 N.E.2d 132 (N.Y. 1960)
168 N.E.2d 132
201 N.Y.S.2d 803

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