Powers v. City of Troy

Plaintiff Hazel Powers was injured when an automobile she was driving collided with an automobile owned by defendant City of Troy which was being operated by defendant Alex Ventittelli. The defendants appeal a jury verdict of $60,000 in favor of Hazel L. Powers and of $10,000 in favor of her husband, plaintiff Jon Powers.

The defendants contend:

I. the trial judge erred when he ordered them to produce a stenographic statement given by Ventittelli on November 2, 1962, four days after the accident, and

II. the amount of the verdict is excessive.

I

There were two trials. The first ended in a mistrial…