Lesser v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Lesser v. City of New York

283 A.D. 721, 127 N.Y.S.2d 346, 1954 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5064

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

DecidedFebruary 1, 1954

StatusPublished

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Lesser v. City of New York, 283 A.D. 721, 127 N.Y.S.2d 346, 1954 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5064 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1954).

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In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, suffered as the result of a fall from a trolley car owned and operated by defendant, the jury rendered a verdict for $8,500 in favor of plaintiff. Defendant appeals from the judgment entered thereon. Judgment reversed on the facts and a new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide the event, unless plaintiff, within ten days from the entry of the order hereon, stipulate to reduce the verdict to $5,000, in which event the judgment, as so reduced, is unanimously affirmed, without costs. In our opinion the verdict is excessive. Holán, P. J., Adel, Wenzel, MaeCrate and Beldock, JJ., concur.

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In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, suffered as the result of a fall from a trolley car owned and operated by defendant, the jury rendered a verdict for $8,500 in favor of plaintiff. Defendant appeals from the judgment entered thereon. Judgment reversed on the facts and a new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide the event, unless plaintiff, within ten days from the entry of the order hereon, stipulate to reduce the verdict to $5,000, in which event the judgment, as so reduced, is unanimously affirmed, without costs. In our opinion the verdict is excessive. Holán, P. J., Adel, Wenzel, MaeCrate and Beldock, JJ., concur.

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283 A.D. 721, 127 N.Y.S.2d 346, 1954 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5064, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/lesser-v-city-of-new-york-nyappdiv-1954.