Cruz v. Schwabe, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Cruz v. Schwabe, Inc.

88 A.D.2d 944, 451 N.Y.S.2d 383, 1982 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 17302

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

DecidedJune 14, 1982

StatusPublished

This text of 88 A.D.2d 944 (Cruz v. Schwabe, Inc.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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Cruz v. Schwabe, Inc., 88 A.D.2d 944, 451 N.Y.S.2d 383, 1982 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 17302 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1982).

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— In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, defendant third-party plaintiff Herman Schwabe, Inc. appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Ingrassia, J.), dated July 23,1981, which, after a jury trial, awarded plaintiff $900,000, to be recovered solely from the appellant. Judgment reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and new trial granted only with respect to damages unless within 30 days after service upon the plaintiff of a copy of the order to be made hereon, with notice of entry, the plaintiff shall serve and file in the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court, Orange County, a written stipulation consenting to reduce the verdict in his favor to $600,000. In such event, the judgment, as so reduced and amended, is affirmed, without costs or disbursements. The verdict in favor of the plaintiff was excessive to the extent indicated. Thompson, J. P., Brown, Rubin and Boyers, JJ., concur.

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— In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, defendant third-party plaintiff Herman Schwabe, Inc. appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Ingrassia, J.), dated July 23,1981, which, after a jury trial, awarded plaintiff $900,000, to be recovered solely from the appellant. Judgment reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and new trial granted only with respect to damages unless within 30 days after service upon the plaintiff of a copy of the order to be made hereon, with notice of entry, the plaintiff shall serve and file in the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court, Orange County, a written stipulation consenting to reduce the verdict in his favor to $600,000. In such event, the judgment, as so reduced and amended, is affirmed, without costs or disbursements. The verdict in favor of the plaintiff was excessive to the extent indicated. Thompson, J. P., Brown, Rubin and Boyers, JJ., concur.

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88 A.D.2d 944, 451 N.Y.S.2d 383, 1982 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 17302, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/cruz-v-schwabe-inc-nyappdiv-1982.