Case Name: National Retailers Mutual Insurance Company, Respondent, v. Nick Protogeron, Doing Business as Kipling Garage, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1946-04-25
Citations: 186 Misc. 890
Docket Number: 
Parties: National Retailers Mutual Insurance Company, Respondent, v. Nick Protogeron, Doing Business as Kipling Garage, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 186
Pages: 890–891

Head Matter:
National Retailers Mutual Insurance Company, Respondent, v. Nick Protogeron, Doing Business as Kipling Garage, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
April 25, 1946.
Simon Greenhill for appellant.
Julius J. Grayer and James 3. Brassel for respondent.

Opinion:
Memorandum Per Curiam.
The insured's action in leaving the car outside the garage with the keys in the ignition and the door unlocked contrary to the usual practice in defendant's garage of placing the keys on a shelf inside the garage constituted contributory negligence.
The judgment should be reversed, with $30 costs, and complaint dismissed, with costs.