Cook v. Lewis

Defendant appeals from an order at a Trial Term of the Supreme Court in Albany County, setting aside the verdict of a jury in plaintiff’s favor for $1,000 as inadequate, and granting a new trial. Plaintiff, while clearing leaves in a parking lot adjoining the apartment house of which she was superintendent, was struck by an automobile which defendant was backing in order to drive from the lot. Testimony for plaintiff indicated injuries of some consequence to the left hip, leg and knee, with swelling and inflammation developing in the synovial membrane of the knee to the extent that, a month…