Opinion
July 8, 1985
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Goldberg, J.).
Judgment affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Although we agree with appellants' contentions that evidence of codefendant Carino's default in appearance and his hearsay statements were improperly admitted into evidence, we find that these errors were harmless. The jury's special verdict found that appellant Clement Salvio was contributorily negligent and, inasmuch as this finding is amply supported by untainted evidence in the record, and the accident in question occurred prior to the effective date of the comparative negligence law, the judgment must be affirmed. Mangano, J.P., Thompson, Brown and Kunzeman, JJ., concur.