Lande v. L. & S. Construction Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Louis Lande, from a judgment of the County Court of the county of Bronx in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Bronx on the 4th day of April, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury for six cents, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 14th day of April, 1919, denying plaintiff’s motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.:
The plaintiff’s injury was a serious one. Three fingers of his left hand were caught between a gate and a post and so injured that he will not have the full use of those fingers for the rest of his life. If the plaintiff were entitled to any verdict, the damages are insufficient and a new trial must be granted.
The defendant, however, seeks to sustain this judgment and this order upon the ground that the plaintiff was not entitled to any verdict. The determination of this question calls for an examination of the evidence presented by the case. The defendant was the owner of an…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Walsh v. Fitchburg RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
3Cited by1 opinion
- Morrison v. Hotel Rutledge Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922