Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1917

Sieber v. Alphonsus

Sieber v. Alphonsus
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided January 15, 1917
176 A.D. 932
Sieber v. Alphonsus

Opinion of the Court

No adequate ground appears to reject this verdict. For the loss of the leg, a verdict of $3,000 only indicates that the jury gave proper weight to defendant’s claim that the surgeons should have earlier amputated. There was no error in the refusal to charge that plaintiff’s failure to report back to defendant would relieve him from liability, as such omission, would only be in mitigation. (Du, Bois v. Decker, 180 N. Y. 325.) The other exceptions taken do not present reversible error. Judgment and order unanimously affirmed, with costs. Present — Jenks, P. J., Thomas, Stapleton, Rich and Putnam, JJ.

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