Crosier v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority

Judgment in this personal injury negligence action, awarding plaintiff wife $100,000 and plaintiff husband $10,000, unanimously reversed, on the law and on the facts, the verdict vacated and a new trial granted, with $50 costs and disbursements to defendant-appellant, unless plaintiffs stipulate to accept $55,000 and $7,500, respectively, in lieu of the award by verdict as modified by the trial court, in which event the judgment is modified to that extent, and, as so modified, affirmed, with $50 costs and disbursements to defendant-appellant. The injured plaintiff, a 61-year-old housewife,…