Case Name: Rosalie Zweben, an Infant, by Her Guardian ad Litem, Joseph Zweben, et al., Respondents, v. Coral Reef Beach Club, Inc., Appellant; Jeffrey Rich, an Infant, by His Natural Guardian, Hilda Rich, Appellant-Respondent, et al., Defendants. (And a Third-Party Action.)
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1967-04-11
Citations: 19 N.Y.2d 799
Docket Number: 
Parties: Rosalie Zweben, an Infant, by Her Guardian ad Litem, Joseph Zweben, et al., Respondents, v. Coral Reef Beach Club, Inc., Appellant; Jeffrey Rich, an Infant, by His Natural Guardian, Hilda Rich, Appellant-Respondent, et al., Defendants. (And a Third-Party Action.)
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 19
Pages: 799–802

Head Matter:
Rosalie Zweben, an Infant, by Her Guardian ad Litem, Joseph Zweben, et al., Respondents, v. Coral Reef Beach Club, Inc., Appellant; Jeffrey Rich, an Infant, by His Natural Guardian, Hilda Rich, Appellant-Respondent, et al., Defendants. (And a Third-Party Action.)
Argued February 20, 1967;
decided April 11, 1967.
Herbert Kramer and Bernard Helfenstein for appellants.
William F. McNulty for appellant-respondent.
Richard E. Shandell and Jesse Y. Schwarts for respondents.

Opinion:
Memorandum. The order and judgment should be affirmed, with costs. While the hearsay declaration by the mother of defendant Jeffrey Rich was inadmissible, in view of the strong evidence in this case against that defendant there was no prejudicial error. From the whole record, it is evident that the jury's finding of liability on the part of Rich was supportable, on any view, by evidence of his carelessness in playing where he did and in tossing the horseshoe how he did. The closer issues of fact related to the other defendant in the ease, the Coral Reef Beach Club, Inc.