Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1914

Dean v. Pennsylvania Railroad

Dean v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided July 15, 1914
164 A.D. 912; 148 N.Y.S. 1112
Dean v. Pennsylvania Railroad

Opinion of the Court

—Judgment and order reversed and new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide event. Held, first, that the statements and conduct of the defendant’s foreman toward the plaintiff, after his injury, were improperly received. Second, that the verdict rendered was excessive; that the conduct of plaintiff’s counsel upon the trial was grossly improper, and tended to create passion and prejudice in the minds of the jurors and to increase the amount of them verdict. All concurred.

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