Legal Opinion
Lawler v. Nucastle Motors Leasing Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 28, 1970PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSamuel Rabin, J.
In this appeal from a judgment in a wrongful death action involving the death of the plaintiff administratrix’ 23-year-old daughter, appellants do not in any manner contest the jury’s finding of liability. The sole questions raised on this appeal relate to damages, more specifically, (1) whether it was error for the trial court to bar. proof of the plaintiff’s remarriage and (2) whether the jury’s verdict of $55,000 was excessive.
The salient facts are not in dispute: The plaintiff’s 23-year-old daughter was a.passenger in an Automobile owned by the defendant Nucastle Motors Leasing Inc. and…
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