Gablas v. Jones

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Gablas v. Jones

262 A.D. 794, 27 N.Y.S.2d 314, 1941 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5875

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided May 14, 1941·Published

Opinion

Appeal from a judgment and order in a negligence action for the death of an infant, eight years of age. The burial expenses exceeded $400. The verdict of the jury was for $1,000. It is inadequate and should be set aside. Judgment and order reversed on the facts and a new trial granted, with costs to the appellant, unless the defendí [795]*795ants stipulate, within ten days from the service of the order entered upon this decision, to increase the verdict to $3,500, in which event the judgment as so increased is affirmed. Hill, P. J., Bliss, Heffeman, Schenek and Poster, JJ., concur.

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Appeal from a judgment and order in a negligence action for the death of an infant, eight years of age. The burial expenses exceeded $400. The verdict of the jury was for $1,000. It is inadequate and should be set aside. Judgment and order reversed on the facts and a new trial granted, with costs to the appellant, unless the defendí [795]*795ants stipulate, within ten days from the service of the order entered upon this decision, to increase the verdict to $3,500, in which event the judgment as so increased is affirmed. Hill, P. J., Bliss, Heffeman, Schenek and Poster, JJ., concur.

Gablas v. Jones, 262 A.D. 794, 27 N.Y.S.2d 314, 1941 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5875 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1941).

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