Belanger v. Teague

Memorandum Opinion

This appeal challenges an order of the Superior Court (Gray, J.) granting a motion for additur without extending the option of a new trial to the defendant.

Additur is customarily sought as alternative relief on a motion for a new trial on the ground of inadequate damages. Additur is “an order denying the plaintiffs application for a new trial on the condition that the defendant consent to an increase in the jury’s award as specified by the trial judge. The option of accepting an additur rests with [the] defendant . . . .” Bitting v. Willett, 47 N.J. 6, 9, 218 A.2d 859, 861…