Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1955

Leone v. South Buffalo Railway Co.

Leone v. South Buffalo Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided January 5, 1955
285 A.D. 847; 136 N.Y.S.2d 756
Leone v. South Buffalo Railway Co.

Opinion of the Court

Amended judgment and order reversed on the facts and a new trial granted, with costs to the appellant to abide the event, unless the plaintiff shall, within ten days, stipulate to reduce the verdict of $92,500 to the sum of $75,000, and the verdict of $10,000 for conscious pain and suffering to the sum of $5,000, as of the date of the rendition thereof, in which event the judgment is modified accordingly and, as so modified is, together with the order, affirmed, without costs of these appeals to any party, on the ground that the verdict of the jury is excessive. Amended judgment insofar as it dismissed the complaint as to defendants Koch, and others, affirmed, without costs. All concur. Present — McCurn, P. J., Vaughan, Piper, Wheeler and Van Duser, JJ. [See post, p. 1000.]

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