New York Court of Appeals

Malvine Gray, Respondent v. the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, Appellant

June 25, 1903175 N.Y. 448

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the judgment and ordered a new trial, holding that when a wife’s personal injury action and her husband’s loss of services action are tried together and yield inconsistent verdicts, both verdicts must be set aside, and that lay witness testimony comparing miscarriages is incompetent and must be excluded.