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Matter of Speregon v. Downtown Delicatessen, Inc.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Sep 29, 1966
221 N.E.2d 171 (N.Y. 1966)

Opinion

Argued September 20, 1966

Decided September 29, 1966

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department.

Anne Powell, Joseph Dean Edwards and Ann W. Koenig for appellants.

Edwin Kaufman for claimant-respondent.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General ( Julius Fell, Ruth Kessler Toch and Daniel Polansky of counsel) for Workmen's Compensation Board, respondent.


Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges FULD, BURKE, BERGAN and KEATING. Judges VAN VOORHIS and SCILEPPI dissent and vote to reverse and to dismiss the claim upon the following ground: There was insufficient medical testimony to establish a causal relationship. The operating neurosurgeon testified to no causal relationship and the only evidence adduced to support it was by an expert witness qualified only in other fields whose opinion was purely speculative.


Summaries of

Matter of Speregon v. Downtown Delicatessen, Inc.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Sep 29, 1966
221 N.E.2d 171 (N.Y. 1966)
Case details for

Matter of Speregon v. Downtown Delicatessen, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Claim of EDITH SPEREGON, Respondent, v. DOWNTOWN…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Sep 29, 1966

Citations

221 N.E.2d 171 (N.Y. 1966)
221 N.E.2d 171
274 N.Y.S.2d 346

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