Case Name: Penelope Daflos et al., Respondents, v. City of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1955-06-21
Citations: 286 A.D. 824
Docket Number: 
Parties: Penelope Daflos et al., Respondents, v. City of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 286
Pages: 824–825

Head Matter:
Penelope Daflos et al., Respondents, v. City of New York, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment unanimously reversed and a new trial ordered, with costs to the appellant to abide the event. In this negligence action against the City of New York, plaintiffs obtained judgment, after trial without a jury, on a finding that the city's negligence in failing to properly maintain a roadway was the cause of a collision between plaintiffs' automobile and a bus. This finding on this record is clearly against the weight of the credible evidence. On the new trial, the following, among other evidentiary matters, may be explored: (1) whether the report made by plaintiff ear owner to his insurance company conforms with the report he made to the Motor Vehicle Bureau; (2) the circumstances in which, and on whose advice, he made the report to the Motor Vehicle Bureau, and (3) the testimony of the bus driver as to how and where the collision occurred. Of course, none or all of these items would be conclusive on any issue. Concur — Callahan, J. P., Breitel, Bastow, Botein and Rabin, JJ.