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Hunt v. Zimet

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 1, 1934
243 App. Div. 572 (N.Y. App. Div. 1934)

Opinion

December, 1934.


Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff Cecelia Hunt as the result of a collision between the motor car in which she was riding, operated by defendant Tolano, and the car owned and operated by defendant Zimet; and action by George Hunt, her husband, to recover for loss of services. Order setting aside a verdict in favor of the plaintiff wife, Cecelia Hunt, in the sum of $1,250, and in favor of the plaintiff husband, George Hunt, in the sum of $250, on the ground of inadequacy reversed on the law and the facts, with costs, motion denied, verdict reinstated, and judgment directed to be entered thereon, with costs. The question here is one of proper assessment of damages with liability conceded, and on that phase of the case the jury had presented to it a clear question of fact the determination of which, in our opinion, should not be disturbed. Assuming that the condition of the eye of plaintiff Cecelia Hunt was as testified to by her and her witnesses, there is a substantial basis for the conclusion that it was due to the general processes of infection, entirely dissociated from the accident. The question here presented does not involve the rule that this court hesitates to interfere with the discretion of the trial court in setting aside a verdict for the plaintiff involving the credibility of witnesses. Lazansky, P.J., Young, Hagarty, Carswell and Tompkins, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Hunt v. Zimet

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 1, 1934
243 App. Div. 572 (N.Y. App. Div. 1934)
Case details for

Hunt v. Zimet

Case Details

Full title:CECELIA HUNT, Respondent, v. ERNEST ZIMET and Another, Appellants. GEORGE…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Dec 1, 1934

Citations

243 App. Div. 572 (N.Y. App. Div. 1934)