Case Name: Stella Marini, Respondent, and Menotti Marini, Plaintiff, v. The City of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1942-06-15
Citations: 264 A.D. 879
Docket Number: 
Parties: Stella Marini, Respondent, and Menotti Marini, Plaintiff, v. The City of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 264
Pages: 879–879

Head Matter:
Stella Marini, Respondent, and Menotti Marini, Plaintiff, v. The City of New York, Appellant.

Opinion:
Action by respondent to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by her as a consequence of the construction and maintenance of a dangerous road intersection in Queens county. The defendant constructed and maintained, without any warning signs of its existence, an abrupt rise in the roadway between a street and an intersecting avenue. The respondent, while a passenger in an automobile owned and driven by her husband, was bounced from the rear seat up against the roof of the car and suffered a compression fracture of the spine. Judgment for the respondent, in so far as appealed from, unanimously affirmed, with costs. (Voorhees v. County of Nassau, 251 App. Div. 902; Cheney v. County of Erie, 258 id. 932.) In Robbins v. Weatherwax (246 App. Div. 654) the jury's verdict was reinstated by the Appellate Division. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Johnston and Adel, JJ.