Hasson v. Brooklyn & Queens Transit Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Hasson v. Brooklyn & Queens Transit Corp.

256 A.D. 843, 10 N.Y.S.2d 229, 1939 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5108

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided January 30, 1939·Published

Opinion

Judgment reversed on the facts and a new trial granted, costs to abide the event, unless within ten days from the entry of the order hereon plaintiff stipulate to reduce to $5,000 the amount of the verdict rendered in his favor; in which event the judgment, as so reduced, is unanimously affirmed, without costs. We are of the opinion that the damages awarded were excessive. Lazansky, P. J., Carswell, Johnston, Adel and Close, JJ., concur.

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Judgment reversed on the facts and a new trial granted, costs to abide the event, unless within ten days from the entry of the order hereon plaintiff stipulate to reduce to $5,000 the amount of the verdict rendered in his favor; in which event the judgment, as so reduced, is unanimously affirmed, without costs. We are of the opinion that the damages awarded were excessive. Lazansky, P. J., Carswell, Johnston, Adel and Close, JJ., concur.

Hasson v. Brooklyn & Queens Transit Corp., 256 A.D. 843, 10 N.Y.S.2d 229, 1939 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5108 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1939).

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