Moore v. Town of Huntington

In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, loss of services, etc., defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, entered July 12, 1971, which granted plaintiffs’ motion to set aside a jury verdict in defendants’ favor and granted a new trial. Order reversed, without costs, and verdict reinstated. The trial court set aside the verdict and granted a new trial on the ground that a remark by the attorney for defendant Town of Huntington, in his summation, was “ extremely prejudicial ” to plaintiffs. We disagree. Read in context, we find the subject…