Schmerz v. Salon

In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered in a fall on a baseball field: (1) defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, entered November 23, 1965, upon a jury verdict in plaintiff’s favor for $17,000, and reduced to $12,000 by order of the court upon plaintiff’s stipulation; and (2) plaintiff cross-appeals from so much of the judgment and of said order, entered November 8, 1965, as granted defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict unless plaintiff should so stipulate. Order, insofar as appealed from, reversed, without costs and…