BURCIAR v. PUBLIC SERVICE CO-ORDINATED TRANS, 127 N.J.L. 424 (1941)

23 A.2d 171

ELIZABETH BURCIAR AND STEFAN BURCIAR, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, v. PUBLIC SERVICE CO-ORDINATED TRANSPORT, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.Argued October 7, 1941 —
Decided December 17, 1941.

Held, that fact issues were clearly raised herein which were correctly left for the jury’s determination.
On appeal from the Hudson County Court of Common Pleas.

Before BROGAN, CHIEF JUSTICE, and Justices CASE and HEHER.

For the plaintiffs-appellees, George Rothstein (Andrew O. Wittreich, of counsel).

For the defendant-appellant, Henry H. Fryling (William H. Speer and Arthur C. Gillette, of counsel).

PER CURIAM.

The defendant appeals from a judgment recovered by the plaintiff Elizabeth Burciar for personal injuries and by her husband per quod. The grounds of appeal are the trial court’s refusal to order a nonsuit and refusal to direct verdict for the defendant. Both motions were advanced by the appellant on the theory that the testimony for the plaintiffs failed

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to establish that the defendant was guilty of negligence which was the proximate cause of the injury and that the injured plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence.

Upon examination of the record, we think both motions were properly denied and that the testimony in the case was such that these issues were correctly left for the jury’s determination. On each question a fact issue was clearly raised.

The judgments under review are affirmed, with costs.

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