Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1959

Stone v. Hotel Roosevelt Corp.

Stone v. Hotel Roosevelt Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided January 27, 1959
7 A.D.2d 843; 181 N.Y.S.2d 561; 1959 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10158
Stone v. Hotel Roosevelt Corp.

Opinion of the Court

Judgment unanimously reversed, on the law and on the facts, and a new trial ordered on the grounds of excessiveness of both the compensatory and punitive damages, with costs to abide the event, unless plaintiff stipulates to accept $1,500 as compensatory damages and $2,500 as punitive damages, in which event the judgment as so modified, is affirmed, with costs to the appellant. Settle order on notice. Concur — Botein, P. J., Breitel, Rabin, Yalente and Bergan, JJ.

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