Case Name: John Policastro, an Infant, by Peter Policastro, His Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. Tidewater Paper Mills Company, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1925-10
Citations: 215 A.D. 692
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Policastro, an Infant, by Peter Policastro, His Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. Tidewater Paper Mills Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 215
Pages: 692–692

Head Matter:
John Policastro, an Infant, by Peter Policastro, His Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. Tidewater Paper Mills Company, Respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment reversed on the law, and a new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide the event. The insufficiency in the evidence compelling the reversal of the judgment for plaintiff on the first trial appears to have been remedied on this second trial. There was sufficient evidence offered by plaintiff on this second trial, unanswered and uneontradieted, to warrant the jury in finding that the man who committed the alleged assault was a watchman employed by defendant, and in the absence of any evidence or explanation by defendant, it was for the jury to say whether he was acting within the scope of his employment. Kelly, P. J., Rich, Manning, Young and Kapper, JJ., concur.