Egan v. City of New York

This is a personal injury action. The infant plaintiff sought to recover damages for personal injuries, and his father for medical expenses and loss of services. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the infant for $3,000, and for the father for $1,500. Defendant moved to set the verdicts aside on the grounds specified in section 549 of the Civil Practice Act, including excessiveness. The trial court held that the verdict *388for the father was excessive, but instead of granting the motion to set the same aside absolutely or on specified conditions, denied the motion and reduced the verdict of…