Case Name: Sophia Glick, as Executrix, etc., of Samuel Glick, Deceased, and Sophia Glick, Respondents, v. New York Rapid Transit Corporation, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1940-06-24
Citations: 259 A.D. 1044
Docket Number: 
Parties: Sophia Glick, as Executrix, etc., of Samuel Glick, Deceased, and Sophia Glick, Respondents, v. New York Rapid Transit Corporation, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 259
Pages: 1044–1044

Head Matter:
Sophia Glick, as Executrix, etc., of Samuel Glick, Deceased, and Sophia Glick, Respondents, v. New York Rapid Transit Corporation, Appellant.

Opinion:
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff-wife, who claims to have been thrown to the floor of a subway car in which she was a passenger, due to a sudden and violent jerk of the train, and by the executrix of the estate of the injured woman's husband for loss of services and medical expenses, judgment in favor of plaintiffs reversed on the law and a new trial granted, with costs to abide the event. The trial court erred in charging the jury, under the circumstances of this case, that defendant had the duty to exercise the highest degree of care and caution in the operation of its train that human skill and prudence could suggest. (Stierle v. Union Railway Co., 156 N. Y. 70; Id. 684; Brennan v. Brooklyn & Queens T. Corp., 258 App. Div. 1055.) Lazansky, P. J., Carswell, Adel, Taylor and Close, JJ., concur.