Petosa v. City of New York

In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., in which the jury returned verdicts in favor of the plaintiffs in stated amounts, plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County, dated June 27, 1977, which (1) upon defendants’ motion to set aside the verdicts as excessive, granted the motion as to plaintiffs Carmine Petosa and Rose and Antonio Improta, and (2) denied plaintiff Richmond Avenue Fishmarket’s motion for interest on its property damage award. Order modified by deleting therefrom the provision which granted defendants’ motion and…