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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

John G. Leonard, by Harold R. Leonard, His Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. Beach Lumber Company et al., Respondents.
   Judgment and order reversed on the law and facts and a new trial granted, with costs to the appellant to abide the event. Memorandum: As we read the record, the infant plaintiff was standing at or near the northeasterly curb of Seward Avenue when the truck owned by the corporate defendant and being driven by the defendant Bowers made a sharp left hand turn from Sunset Avenue into Seward Avenue, cutting the turn to such an extent that some part of the body of the truck •struck the infant plaintiff in the face, causing his injuries. The court failed to charge any of the provisions of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. We think the factual situation here required the court to charge subdivisions 2 and 10 of section 81 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. We also think that the verdict of the jury was against the weight of evidence. All concur. (Appeal from a judgment for defendants for no cause of action in an automobile negligence action. The order denied a motion for a new trial.) Present — Vaughan, Kimball, Piper and Wheeler, JJ.