Case Name: Joseph Cambareri, Appellant, v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1945-06-25
Citations: 185 Misc. 273
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joseph Cambareri, Appellant, v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 185
Pages: 273–274

Head Matter:
Joseph Cambareri, Appellant, v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Respondent.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
June 25, 1945.
Lawrence H. King and Sidney 0. Raphael for appellant.
Rowland H. Long for respondent.

Opinion:
Memorandum Per Curiam.
The jury should have been permitted to determine whether or not plaintiff unusually exerted himself (Simson v. Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Assn., 263 App. Div. 297) or whether or not plaintiff's injury was the natural or probable result of his voluntary act or an unforeseen consequence. (Meyer v. New York Life Insurance Co., 249 App. Div. 243).
The judgment should be reversed and a new trial ordered, with $30 costs to appellant to abide the event.
Hammer, Shientao and Eder, JJ., concur.
Judgment reversed, etc.