Butryn v. Public Service Co-ordinated Transport
Butryn v. Public Service Co-ordinated Transport
Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff Prances Butryn was painfully injured on July 21st, 1929, while a passenger in a bus belonging to the Garfield-Passaic Transit Company, as a result of a collision between the bus and a trolley car of the Public Service Coordinated Transport. Other plaintiffs joined with Mrs. Butryn in the action. Amongst such was Felix Butryn, her husband, who sued for and received incidental damages because of the wife’s injury. A verdict of no cause of action was rendered as to Garfield-Passaic Transit Company. The case comes before us on a rule to show cause granted at the instance of Public Service Co-ordinated Transport, which rule runs only to the point that the verdict of $8,000 in favor of Mrs. Butryn is excessive.
The plaintiff received bodily contusions and nervous shock as well as a laceration of the left nasal bone, but her chief
We believe that under the proofs the verdict of $8,000 was excessive. If plaintiff will consent to a reduction of the verdict to the sum of $6,000, the rule will be discharged; otherwise the rule will be made absolute and a new trial granted.
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