Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1969

Berrios v. Holy Name Day Nursery

Berrios v. Holy Name Day Nursery
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided January 23, 1969
31 A.D.2d 739; 296 N.Y.S.2d 575; 1969 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4733
Berrios v. Holy Name Day Nursery

Opinion of the Court

Order of the Appellate Term entered February 7, 1968, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, and in the exercise of discretion, without costs or disbursements, and the verdict of the Civil Court reinstated. Considering the nature and extent of the injury sustained by the infant plaintiff, her pain and suffering, as well as the medical expense incurred, it cannot be said that the verdict returned bears no reasonable relationship to the loss suffered. It does not appear, moreover, that the verdict was the result of improper motive. In the circumstances it constituted an abuse of discretion to set aside the verdict. (Reich v. Evans, 7 A D 2d 765.) Concur—Stevens, P. J., Eager, Tilzer and McNally, JJ.

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