Coyle v. Standard-Vacuum Transportation Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Coyle v. Standard-Vacuum Transportation Co.

243 A.D. 722, 277 N.Y.S. 998

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

DecidedFebruary 15, 1935

StatusPublished

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Coyle v. Standard-Vacuum Transportation Co., 243 A.D. 722, 277 N.Y.S. 998 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1935).

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Action by plaintiff — a seaman — to recover damages for injuries sustained by falling from a ladder on a vessel owned and operated by defendant. Judgment in favor' of plaintiff reversed on the facts and a new trial granted, costs to appellant to abide the event, unless plaintiff, within ten days after the entry of the order herein and service of a copy thereof upon his attorney, stipulate that the verdict be reduced to $4,500, in which event the judgment, as so modified, is unanimously affirmed, without costs. We are of the opinion that the jury assessed the damages at too high a figure and the amount should be reduced to $4,500. Lazansky, P. J., .Young, Carswell, Davis and Johnston, JJ., concur.

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Action by plaintiff — a seaman — to recover damages for injuries sustained by falling from a ladder on a vessel owned and operated by defendant. Judgment in favor' of plaintiff reversed on the facts and a new trial granted, costs to appellant to abide the event, unless plaintiff, within ten days after the entry of the order herein and service of a copy thereof upon his attorney, stipulate that the verdict be reduced to $4,500, in which event the judgment, as so modified, is unanimously affirmed, without costs. We are of the opinion that the jury assessed the damages at too high a figure and the amount should be reduced to $4,500. Lazansky, P. J., .Young, Carswell, Davis and Johnston, JJ., concur.

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