Fredericks v. California Fruit Co.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of plaintiffs, entered June 8, 1982 in Albany County, upon a verdict rendered at Trial Term (Hughes, J.). Defendant’s main contention on this appeal is that the amount of the verdict awarded by the jury to plaintiffs is excessive. We disagree. Plaintiff Allan R. Fredericks was employed as a yard clerk in the Port of Albany when he was struck and knocked unconscious by a tractor trailer, owned by defendant A & W Truck Lease Corporation, as it was backing into a loading bay. He was hospitalized briefly for head and back injuries, and he…