Hotop v. English & Greenfader, Inc.

In an action brought to recover damages for personal injuries in which the jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $25,000, the court, on motion of defendant’s counsel, made an order setting aside the verdict and granting a new trial, unless plaintiff should stipulate to reduce the verdict to the sum of $15,000. The plaintiff thereafter filed such stipulation. Notwithstanding the reduction, the defendant has appealed. The plaintiff also appealed from the order referred to. The order granting defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial, unless the plaintiff…