Pratt v. Susquehanna Valley Central School District

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, entered November 25, 1975 in Broome County, which granted plaintiffs’ motion to set aside the verdicts in favor of plaintiff rendered at a Trial Term and granted a new trial upon the issues of damages only, unless the defendant stipulated to increase the verdict for the plaintiff James E. Pratt to the sum of $35,000. The infant plaintiff’s action is one for personal injuries based on the alleged negligence of the defendant school district. After a trial, the jury awarded him $26,600 and his mother in her derivative action $7,500. The trial court…