Samuels v. New York Railways Corp.

Plaintiff recovered a judgment upon a verdict of $10,000 in an action for personal injuries. The suit was brought by a passenger against a carrier to recover these damages, because of alleged negligence of the defendant’s servants. The main point presented by defendant is that the trial court erroneously admitted evidence on behalf of the plaintiff to prove damages which did not immediately flow from his injuries, and which were neither alleged in the complaint nor set out in the bill of particulars. Defendant also claims that the verdict was excessive and against the weight of the evidence.

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