Case Name: Mary Bart, as Administratrix of the Estate of John Bart, Deceased, Respondent, v. City of New York, Defendant, and Greek Bus Lines, Inc., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1948-11-29
Citations: 274 A.D. 946
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mary Bart, as Administratrix of the Estate of John Bart, Deceased, Respondent, v. City of New York, Defendant, and Greek Bus Lines, Inc., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 274
Pages: 946–946

Head Matter:
(November 29, 1948.)
Mary Bart, as Administratrix of the Estate of John Bart, Deceased, Respondent, v. City of New York, Defendant, and Greek Bus Lines, Inc., Appellant.

Opinion:
Action to recover damages for the wrongful death of respondent's intestate, alleged to have resulted from the negligent operation of appellant's bus, in which he was a passenger. Judgment reversed on the law and the facts and a new trial granted, with costs to abide the event. In our opinion the verdict is contrary to the weight of the credible evidence. Moreover, in a case as close as this, in which respondent's evidence as to appellant's negligence was meagre and conflicting, we are unable to say that the jury's verdict was not influenced by improper attacks by respondent's attorney upon the general credibility of his own witness Bunkin, and by his improper attempts in summing up, despite the trial court's rulings, to have the jury speculate as to the bus driver's knowledge of decedent's intoxicated condition. Nolan, P. J., Carswell, Johnston, Sneed and Wenzel, JJ., concur.