Trapp v. American Trading & Production Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Silverman, J.
Plaintiff, a seaman employed on defendant’s ship, brought an action for personal injuries, alleging unseaworthiness and common-law negligence. The action was transferred for trial from the Supreme Court to the Civil Court of the City of New York pursuant to CPLR 325 (subd [d]). After trial, the jury rendered a verdict in plaintiff’s favor for $175,000. The Trial Judge set the verdict aside and vacated the judgment on the ground of newly discovered evidence, the newly discovered evidence being the gross perjury of one of plaintiff’s expert witnesses. The…
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