Hager v. Weber

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heheb, J.

There was a judgment of $6,500 for plaintiff' on a jury verdict returned in the Middlesex County Court in an action in tort for negligence; and on defendant’s appeal the Appellate Division of the Superior Court found that the verdict was “clearly excessive” and accordingly reduced the-award to $3,500, with direction for a new trial as to damages-if plaintiff should refuse consent to the reduction. The trial judge had denied a motion for a new trial on the asserted! *205ground that “the judgment is against the weight of the evidence and is…