Holder v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Gilbert Ramirez, J.

The plaintiff in this action was awarded the sum of $450,000 in damages as a result of injuries sustained when she fell on an escalator owned by defendant. Defendant now moves to reduce this verdict by $10,716, the amount acknowledgedly received by plaintiff as settlement for back wages in a wrongful termination claim brought against her former employer. It is defendant’s contention that the jury verdict included an allowance for loss of earnings and that plaintiff thus will receive a "double recovery” insofar as the $10,716 sum is concerned. Defendant…