Case Name: Ivan Guzman, Appellant, v. William Vereb, Doing Business as Triangle Service Center, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1971-04-21
Citations: 28 N.Y.2d 846
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ivan Guzman, Appellant, v. William Vereb, Doing Business as Triangle Service Center, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 846–847

Head Matter:
Ivan Guzman, Appellant, v. William Vereb, Doing Business as Triangle Service Center, Respondent.
Argued April 8, 1971;
decided April 21, 1971.
Benjamin H. Siff for appellant.
William F. Larkin and John J. Wrenn for respondent.

Opinion:
Order reversed and a new trial granted, with costs to abide the event. It cannot be said that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law (see Nelson v. Nygren, 259 N. Y. 71, 76). A new trial, however, is appropriate (Cohen and Karger, Powers of the New York Court of Appeals, § 176).
Concur: Chief Judge Fuld and Judges Burke, Scileppi, Bergan, Breitel, Jasen and Gibson.