Legal Opinion
Addamo v. Scaturro
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided December 5, 1963PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMark A. Costantino, J.
In this negligence action the plaintiff is seeking an additional allowance pursuant to section 8303 (subd. [a], par. 2) of the Civil Practice Law and Rules because of the difficulty encountered in this litigation.
The case was tried twice. The first trial was held in November, 1962, consumed three court days and resulted in a jury disagreement. The second trial was held in September, 1963, consumed five days and a verdict in favor of the plaintiff was returned by the jury. Plaintiff claims that because of defendant’s counsel’>s lack of co-operation, plaintiff was compelled to call on the…
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