McDonnell v. Best Bus Co.

In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., defendants appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Jones, J.), dated December 8,1980, which, after a jury trial, (1) was in favor of plaintiff Thomas F. McDonnell in the principal sum of $278,290.97 and (2) was in favor of plaintiff Mary McDonnell in the principal sum of $50,000. Judgment modified, on the law and the facts and as a matter of discretion, by (1) reducing the principal sum awarded to plaintiff Thomas F. McDonnell to $255,394, and (2) deleting therefrom the second decretal paragraph. As so…