Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1984

Tatum v. James

Tatum v. James
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided February 23, 1984
99 A.D.2d 730; 472 N.Y.S.2d 861; 1984 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 17087
Tatum v. James

Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County, entered on December 8,1982, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, and a new trial ordered on the issue of damages only, without costs and without disbursements, unless plaintiff, within 20 days after service upon her attorney of a copy of the order herein, with notice of entry, serves arid files in the office of the clerk of the trial court, a written stipulation consenting to reduce the verdict to $100,000 and to the entry of an amended judgment in accordance therewith. If plaintiff so stipulates, the judgment, as so amended and reduced, is affirmed, without costs and without disbursements. After review of the record, the damages appear to be excessive to the extent indicated. Concur — Sandler, J. P., Silverman, Fein, Milonas and Alexander, JJ.

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