Case Name: Ramon Soto, an Infant, by Gertrude Soto, His Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1961-01-20
Citations: 9 N.Y.2d 683
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ramon Soto, an Infant, by Gertrude Soto, His Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 683–686

Head Matter:
Ramon Soto, an Infant, by Gertrude Soto, His Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent.
Argued January 5, 1961;
decided January 20, 1961.
Charles 8. Phillips for appellant.
Charles H. Tenney, Corporation Counsel (Victor J. Herwit& and Benjamin B. Kaplan of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment reversed and a new trial granted, with costs to abide the event, upon the ground that the allegations of the complaint, the bill of particulars, and the opening statement of plaintiff's counsel, if established by credible proof, would make out a prima facie case sufficient for submission to the jury. (Bowers v. City Bank Farmers Trust Co., 282 N. Y. 442, 446; Collentine v. City of New York, 279 N. Y. 119, 124.)
Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Dye, Froessel and Foster. Judge Van Voorhis dissents in the following opinion in which Judges Fttld and Burke concur: