Basile v. Tompkins Bus Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Basile v. Tompkins Bus Corp.

256 A.D. 840, 10 N.Y.S.2d 233, 1939 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5098

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedJanuary 30, 1939

StatusPublished

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Basile v. Tompkins Bus Corp., 256 A.D. 840, 10 N.Y.S.2d 233, 1939 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5098 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1939).

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In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the infant-plaintiff obtained a verdict of $22,500 and her father a verdict for $1,500, and judgment was entered thereon. Defendant appeals. Judgment reversed on the facts and a new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide the event, unless within twenty days after the entry of the order hereon plaintiffs stipulate to reduce the verdict in the infant’s case to the sum of $17,500, in which event the judgment, as so reduced, is unanimously affirmed, without costs. In the opinion of the court, the verdict in the infant’s case was excessive. Lazansky, P. J., Carswell, Johnston, Adel and Close, JJ., concur.

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In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the infant-plaintiff obtained a verdict of $22,500 and her father a verdict for $1,500, and judgment was entered thereon. Defendant appeals. Judgment reversed on the facts and a new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide the event, unless within twenty days after the entry of the order hereon plaintiffs stipulate to reduce the verdict in the infant’s case to the sum of $17,500, in which event the judgment, as so reduced, is unanimously affirmed, without costs. In the opinion of the court, the verdict in the infant’s case was excessive. Lazansky, P. J., Carswell, Johnston, Adel and Close, JJ., concur.

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256 A.D. 840, 10 N.Y.S.2d 233, 1939 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5098, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/basile-v-tompkins-bus-corp-nyappdiv-1939.