Case Name: Lou Ella Alexander, Appellant, v. Westchester Electric Railroad Company, Defendant, and New York, Westchester and Connecticut Traction Company, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1934-11
Citations: 242 A.D. 830
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lou Ella Alexander, Appellant, v. Westchester Electric Railroad Company, Defendant, and New York, Westchester and Connecticut Traction Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 242
Pages: 830–830

Head Matter:
Second Department,
November, 1934.
Lou Ella Alexander, Appellant, v. Westchester Electric Railroad Company, Defendant, and New York, Westchester and Connecticut Traction Company, Respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment of the County Court of Westchester county in an action to recover for personal injuries sustained through the negligence of the operator of a trolley car in which plaintiff was riding as a passenger, and order denying plaintiff's motion to set aside the verdict on the ground of inadequacy, reversed on the facts and a new trial ordered, costs to appellant to abide the event, on the ground that the verdict is inadequate, unless within five days from service of a copy of the order herein respondent stipulate that the verdict be increased to $1,000 and that judgment, with costs, be entered thereon. If respondent so stipulate, the judgment so increased and the order are unanimously affirmed, with costs of the appeal to appellant. Lazansky, P. J., Kapper, Hagarty, Scudder and Davis, JJ., concur.