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Marini v. City of New York

264 A.D. 879 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1942-06-15 English

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Stella Marini, Respondent, and Menotti Marini, Plaintiff, v. The City of New York, Appellant.

Action by respondent to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by her as a consequence of the construction and maintenance of a dangerous road intersection in Queens county. The defendant constructed and maintained, without any warning signs of its existence, an abrupt rise in the roadway between a street and an intersecting avenue. The respondent, while a passenger in an automobile owned and driven by her husband, was bounced from the rear seat up against the roof of the car and suffered a compression fracture of the spine. Judgment for the respondent, in so far as appealed from, unanimously affirmed, with costs. (Voorhees v. County of Nassau, 251 App. Div. 902 ; Cheney v. County of Erie, 258 id. 932 .) In Robbins v. Weatherwax ( 246 App. Div. 654 ) the jury’s verdict was reinstated by the Appellate Division. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Johnston and Adel, JJ.