Martin v. Alabama 84 Truck Rental, Inc.

In consolidated actions to recover damages for personal injuries, defendants Alabama 84 Truck Rental, Inc., Yum Yum Baking Co. Inc. and Gerald Devorin appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, entered January 28, 1971, as is in favor of plaintiff against them, upon successive verdicts of a jury after a split trial (separately as to liability and damages), the verdict as to damages totaling $72,442. Judgment reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law and the facts, and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event. On a clear night,…