Fernandes v. Haggerty

Appeal by defendant from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County, dated April 19, 1968, as granted the motion of plaintiff Carmela Fernandes to set aside a jury verdict in her favor for $20,000, on the ground of inadequacy, unless defendant stipulate to pay said plaintiff $35,000. Order reversed insofar as appealed from, with costs; in accordance, the second and third decretal paragraphs thereof are struck out and said plaintiff’s motion denied; and jury verdict as to said plaintiff reinstated. In our opinion, the jury’s verdict in favor of Carmela Fernandes was neither "so…