Patterson v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Patterson v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc.

52 A.D.2d 810, 384 N.Y.S.2d 698, 1976 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 12618

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided May 20, 1976·Published

Opinion

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, entered June 2, 1975, unanimously reversed, on the law and on the facts, and a new trial granted solely on the issue of damages, with $60 costs and disbursements of this appeal to abide the event, unless the plaintiff-respondent within 20 days of service upon her by the defendants-appellants of a copy of the order entered herein, with notice of entry, serves and files in the office of the clerk of the trial court a written stipulation consenting to reduce the verdict to $425,000 and to the entry of an amended judgment in accordance therewith. If the plaintiff-respondent consents to the reduction, the judgment as so amended and reduced is affirmed, without costs or disbursements. The amount awarded by the jury was excessive and a judgment exceeding the amount indicated is not warranted on this record. Concur—Murphy, J. P., Birns, Silverman, Capozzoli and Nunez, JJ.

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Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, entered June 2, 1975, unanimously reversed, on the law and on the facts, and a new trial granted solely on the issue of damages, with $60 costs and disbursements of this appeal to abide the event, unless the plaintiff-respondent within 20 days of service upon her by the defendants-appellants of a copy of the order entered herein, with notice of entry, serves and files in the office of the clerk of the trial court a written stipulation consenting to reduce the verdict to $425,000 and to the entry of an amended judgment in accordance therewith. If the plaintiff-respondent consents to the reduction, the judgment as so amended and reduced is affirmed, without costs or disbursements. The amount awarded by the jury was excessive and a judgment exceeding the amount indicated is not warranted on this record. Concur—Murphy, J. P., Birns, Silverman, Capozzoli and Nunez, JJ.

Patterson v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc., 52 A.D.2d 810, 384 N.Y.S.2d 698, 1976 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 12618 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1976).

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