Gladu v. Sousa

Opinion

KATZ, J.

After examining the record on appeal and considering the briefs and oral arguments of the parties, we have determined that the appeal in this case should be dismissed on the ground that certification1 was improvidently granted.

In brief, the plaintiff, Helen Gladu, filed a motion for additur following the jury’s verdict awarding economic damages only. The trial court granted that motion, adding an award of noneconomic damages, and, after the defendant refused the additur, ordered a new trial on the issue of damages. The defendant, Joao Sousa, *192appealed from the trial court’s…