Rivera v. City of New York

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Vinik, J.), dated December 27, 1990, which, after a jury trial, set aside the verdict of the jury in the principal sum of $500,000 and granted a new trial for the plaintiff on the issue of damages unless the plaintiff served and filed in the office of the Supreme Court, Kings County, a written stipulation signed by him consenting to reduce the verdict as to his damages from the principal sum of $500,000 to the principal sum of $75,000, and to the entry of a judgment…