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Kapitanova v. Rafaeli

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 1, 2005
16 A.D.3d 108 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)

Opinion

5482.

March 1, 2005.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (R. Bruce Cozzens, Jr., J., and a jury), entered October 6, 2003, upon a jury verdict, dismissing the complaint in an action for personal injuries sustained when plaintiff was struck by a cab driven by the decedent and co-owned by the decedent and defendant, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Before: Buckley, P.J., Tom, Saxe, Friedman and Sweeny, JJ.


The verdict is supported by the weight of the evidence showing that the accident was caused by a sudden, unforeseeable fatal heart attack suffered by the decedent just before his cab hit plaintiff ( see McGinn v. New York City Tr. Auth., 240 AD2d 378, 379).


Summaries of

Kapitanova v. Rafaeli

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 1, 2005
16 A.D.3d 108 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)
Case details for

Kapitanova v. Rafaeli

Case Details

Full title:NINA KAPITANOVA, Appellant, v. LUBA RAFAELI, Respondent

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

Date published: Mar 1, 2005

Citations

16 A.D.3d 108 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)
790 N.Y.S.2d 115

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