62 N.Y.S. 576 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1900
The action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries caused by plaintiff’s fall while she was about to take passage on one of the defendant’s ferryboats for the purpose of returning from Astoria to her home in Ñéw York City on Septembér 26, 1897. The questions of defendant’s negligence and plaintiff’s freedom from contributory negligence were submitted to the jury upon sufficient evidence, after a full and impartial charge by 'the court, to which no exception was taken. The trial resulted„in-a verdict for the plaintiff for the sum of $4,500, and the one question which we deem it necessary to consider, is the claim made, among others, that the damages awarded were excessive. The plaintiff
Considering the nature and extent of the injuries, it is evident that the verdict was for more than double the amount to which the plaintiff was' entitled. If the plaintiff will consent to reduce the verdict to $2,000, then for that amount and costs the judgment should be affirmed; but, upon her refusal to do so, then the judgment should be reversed, and a new trial ordered, with costs to the appellant to abide the event.