(DOWNLOAD) "Frances Rinaldi v. State New York" by Supreme Court of New York # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Frances Rinaldi v. State New York
- Author : Supreme Court of New York
- Release Date : January 13, 1975
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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[49 A.D.2d 361 Page 362] At about 7:20 p.m. on November 8, 1972, Albert Rinaldi, deceased, was operating his automobile in a generally southerly direction on New York State Highway Route No. 22, as he was homeward bound from his employment at the Castle Precision Instruments Company. At a point on the highway about two tenths of a mile northerly of the north boundary of Putnam County and where the highway is bounded on the west by property of one Nikola, a large leader limb from a 160-year-old maple tree fell, and crashed down on Rinaldi's vehicle, causing his death. The maple tree was located within the highway right-of-way and but a very few feet from the easterly edge of the paved portion of the highway. The leader limb had, prior to falling, extended outward and over both the north and southbound lanes of the highway. Inspection subsequent to the accident revealed an area of advanced disease and decay near the anchor point of the leader limb, as well as a larger but similarly decayed area on the trunk of the tree. At the time of the accident it was windy [49 A.D.2d 361 Page 363]