Colao v. Brightwater Towers, Inc.

— In a personal injury action, the third-party defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Composto, J.), dated April 2, 1981, which, inter alia, granted plaintiff’s motion to set aside a jury verdict in his favor of $100,000 as inadequate and ordered a new trial on the question of damages, unless the third-party defendant agreed to pay $200,000. Order reversed, without costs or disbursements, motion to set aside verdict denied, and the verdict is reinstated. The record here discloses a rational basis for the jury’s verdict of $67,000 for the plaintiff’s loss of…