Caraballo v. City of New York

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Pécora, J.), entered September 18, 1980, on jury verdict, in favor of plaintiff, is reversed, on the law and the facts, and a new trial is ordered, without costs. We are compelled to reverse this judgment because of the grossly improper and inflammatory summation by plaintiffs’ attorney, Mr. Raymond B. Schwartzberg. The summation had as its continuing theme a personal attack on defendant-appellant’s attorney, unsubstantiated charges of peijury and subornation of peijury; racial overtones; and assertions of personal knowledge and personal opinion as to…