Case Name: Helen A. Stevenson, Respondent, v. Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1940-06-24
Citations: 259 A.D. 1053
Docket Number: 
Parties: Helen A. Stevenson, Respondent, v. Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 259
Pages: 1053–1053

Head Matter:
Helen A. Stevenson, Respondent, v. Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation, Appellant.

Opinion:
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while plaintiff, a passenger of defendant railroad company, was alighting from one of its cars, plaintiff had a verdict. Judgment reversed on the facts and a new trial granted, with costs to abide the event, on the ground that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence. Johnston, Adel and Close, JJ., concur; Lazansky, P. J., and Hagarty, J., dissent and vote to affirm the judgment.