Case Name: Rose Marie Cuba, Respondent, v. Alcide G. Turmelie, Appellant, and Edward J. Duerr and Another, Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1938-06-09
Citations: 168 Misc. 256
Docket Number: 
Parties: Rose Marie Cuba, Respondent, v. Alcide G. Turmelie, Appellant, and Edward J. Duerr and Another, Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 168
Pages: 256–256

Head Matter:
Rose Marie Cuba, Respondent, v. Alcide G. Turmelie, Appellant, and Edward J. Duerr and Another, Defendants.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
June 9, 1938.
E. C. Sherwood [H. H. Brown of counsel], for the appellant.
Aaron J. Funk, for the respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Under the decision of the Court of Appeals in Psota v. R. R. Co. (246 N. Y. 388), the statute relied on (Vehicle and Traffic Law, § 59) was held not to affect the liability of an employer for the negligence of his driver. That liability was held to depend on common-law principles. Hence, in the present case, in the absence of proof of authority to the driver to carry invited passengers, defendant cannot be held liable.
Judgment so far as appealed from reversed, with costs, and complaint as against defendant-appellant dismissed on the merits, with costs.
All concur. Present — Lydon, Frankenthaler and Noonan, JJ.