Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York October 15, 1935 (Gregory v. New York Railways Corp.)

Action to recover for the wrongful death of plaintiff’s intestate resulting from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. The jury rendered a verdict in plaintiff’s favor for $5,000 damages, which the trial court set aside on the ground that plaintiff had not proved that the injuries received in the accident were a proximate cause of decedent’s death, and dismissed the complaint.