Case Name: Carmine Bennetti, Jr., by His Guardian ad Litem, Carmela Bennetti, et al., Appellants, et al., Plaintiffs, v. New York City Transit Authority et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1968-06-06
Citations: 22 N.Y.2d 742
Docket Number: 
Parties: Carmine Bennetti, Jr., by His Guardian ad Litem, Carmela Bennetti, et al., Appellants, et al., Plaintiffs, v. New York City Transit Authority et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 22
Pages: 742–743

Head Matter:
Carmine Bennetti, Jr., by His Guardian ad Litem, Carmela Bennetti, et al., Appellants, et al., Plaintiffs, v. New York City Transit Authority et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant.
Argued April 1, 1968;
decided June 6, 1968.
Benjamin H. Siff for appellants.
John A. Murray, Helen R. Cassidy and Sidney Brandes for New York City Transit Authority, respondent.
Bernard Meyerson for Louis and George Grant, respondents.

Opinion:
Memorandum.
In this negligence action resulting from an intersection collision between a New York City Transit Authority bus and a private car, both defendants alleged they were driving slowly and cautiously. Plaintiffs, passengers in the bus, were denied recovery. It is manifest from the record that the speed of the vehicles was an essential element of plaintiffs' case on the issue of due care. The exclusion of evidence of injuries to passengers on the bus was reversible error in that such evidence had a direct bearing on the force of the impact and the relative speed of the vehicles involved. The evidence should have been allowed, accompanied by an appropriate limiting instruction.