Case Name: Nicholas Budalich, Respondent, v. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, Defendant, and The Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1937-03-30
Citations: 250 A.D. 786
Docket Number: 
Parties: Nicholas Budalich, Respondent, v. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, Defendant, and The Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 250
Pages: 786–786

Head Matter:
(March 30, 1937.)
Nicholas Budalich, Respondent, v. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, Defendant, and The Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company, Appellant.

Opinion:
Action under the Employers' Liability Act to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when the die of a compressed air riveting gun flew out and struck him. The action was discontinued against The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. The Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company appeals from the judgment entered on a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $6,250. Judgment reversed on the facts and a new trial granted, costs to appellant to abide the event, unless within ten days from the entry of the order hereon plaintiff stipulate to reduce to $1,000 the amount of the verdict rendered in his favor; in which event the judgment as so reduced is unanimously affirmed, without costs. We are of the opinion that the verdict was excessive. Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Johnston and Taylor, JJ., concur.