Case ID: ad2d_78/html/0548-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Hopkins and Cohalan, JJ.,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Jeanette McLaughlin, Respondent, v Mobil Oil Corporation et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants. Michael McLaughlin, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.
   In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, defendants third-party plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Orange County, dated September 19, 1979, which, after a jury trial, (1) awarded plaintiff damages against them in the principal sum of $105,000, and (2) determined that defendants were entitled to recover only 50% thereof from the third-party defendant. Judgment affirmed, with one bill of. costs payable jointly to respondents. No opinion. Mollen, P. J., Titone and Mangano, JJ., concur.

Hopkins and Cohalan, JJ.,

dissent and vote to reverse the judgment and grant a new trial, limited to the issue of damages only, unless plaintiff stipulates in writing to reduce the verdict in her favor to $65,000, with the following memorandum: In our opinion, the verdict as to damages was excessive to the extent indicated.