Case Name: Anthony Catapano et al., Appellants, v. Arlene Francis et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant. (And Another Title.)
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1968-12-23
Citations: 31 A.D.2d 650
Docket Number: 
Parties: Anthony Catapano et al., Appellants, v. Arlene Francis et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant. (And Another Title.)
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 31
Pages: 650–651

Head Matter:
Anthony Catapano et al., Appellants, v. Arlene Francis et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant. (And Another Title.)

Opinion:
Judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, entered December 20, 1965, reversed, on the law, and new trial granted, with costs to appellants to abide the event. The findings of fact below are affirmed. In our opinion it was error to receive in evidence, over appellants' objection, the self-serving written statement of defendant Francis, which was made 24 days after the accident. We consider this error sufficiently prejudicial to require a new trial. Beldoek, P. J., Rabin, Benjamin, Munder and Martuseello, JJ., concur.