Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1973

Jokelson v. Allied Stores Corp.

Jokelson v. Allied Stores Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided September 25, 1973
42 A.D.2d 896; 347 N.Y.S.2d 1007; 1973 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3524
Jokelson v. Allied Stores Corp.

Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, entered on July 19, 1972, unanimously reversed, on the law and on the. facts, and a new trial granted solely on the issue of damages, with $69 costs and disbursements of this appeal to abide the event, unless the plaintiffs-respondents within 29 days of service upon them by defendant-appellant of a copy of the order entered herein, with notice of entry, serve and file in the office of the clerk of the trial court a written stipulation consenting to reduce the verdict in favor of the infant-plaintiff to $225,099 and the verdict in .favor of the father of the infant to $25,000 and to the entry of an amended judgment accordingly, in which event the. judgment as so amended and reduced is *897affirmed, without costs and without disbursements. In our opinion, the verdicts were excessive to the extent indicated. Concur — Stevens, P. J., Markewieh, Nunez, Tilzer and Capozzoli, JJ.

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