Wooding v. Thom
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Belle Wooding, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 25th day of February, 1911, denying the plaintiff’s motion to set aside the verdict of a jury in favor of the defendant Townsend Scudder and for a new trial as against said defendant, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s ■ office on the 18th day of March, 1911, granting the motion of the…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, Belle Wooding, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 25th day of February, 1911, denying the plaintiff’s motion to set aside the verdict of a jury in favor of the defendant Townsend Scudder and for a new trial as against said defendant, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s ■ office on the 18th day of March, 1911, granting the motion of the defendant William B. Thom to set aside the verdict in favor of the plaintiff and for a new trial, unless the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
This action for damages for personal injuries resulted in a verdict in favor of plaintiff against the defendant Thom, and in favor of the defendant Scudder against plaintiff. These appeals, for there are three of them, are taken from an order made after verdict upon motions by plaintiff and defendant Thom to set aside the verdict and for a new trial.
The plaintiff appeals from the order hi so far as it grants Thom’s motion for a new trial unless plaintiff will stipulate to reduce the verdict from $10,000 to $5,000. She also appeals from the order in so far as it denies her motion to…
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