Sontz v. Berney

In an action for slander the jury has awarded plaintiff damages in the sum of $15,000. On the usual grounds, including excessiveness which is the' only one which merits consideration, the defendant moves to set aside the jury’s verdict.

The words which the jury has found the defendant uttered *545were slanderous per se. (Walmsley v. Kopczynski, 202 App. Div. 104.) Compensatory damages are presumed to flow therefrom for injury to plaintiff’s reputation and feelings without other proof. (Abell v. Cornwall Ind. Corp., 241 N. Y. 327, 335; Frechette v. Special Magazines, 285 App. Div. 174, 178.) This…