Barr v. Hennel

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Trial Term in Schenectady County, entered upon a verdict of $15,000 in a negligence action, respondent claiming to have been injured whejn sprayed by gasoline from a bursting hose. Appellant’s contention that the verdict was excessive constitutes the only issue presented by the appeal. Plaintiff’s ophthalmologist found a chemical conjunctivitis of both eyes which he termed very severe; but after three months treatment the inflammation was completely healed and at the time of the trial, some four years later, the doctor was unable, in the absence…