Legal Opinion
Milliken v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 1, 1903PublishedCited by 7 opinions
Appeal by the plaintiff, Margaret Milliken, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 11th day of November, 1901, denying the plaintiff’s motion, made upon the minutes, to set aside as inadequate the verdict of a jury in her favor.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, J. :
The plaintiff recovered a verdict of $250 for personal injuries alleged to have been occasioned by the defendant’s negligence. The learned trial justice denied her motion to set aside the verdict as inadequate, writing the following opinion :
“ If the liability of the City for the injury sustained by plaintiff was established, she was entitled to a much larger sum for damages than was awarded by the jury; the amount is plainly inadequate. Theoretically, the jury having by their verdict established the liability of the City and having awarded an inadequate sum for damages, for…
2Cited by7 opinions
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