Case Name: William Irby, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1992-06-15
Citations: 184 A.D.2d 622
Docket Number: 
Parties: William Irby, Appellant, v City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 184
Pages: 622–623

Head Matter:
William Irby, Appellant, v City of New York, Respondent.

Opinion:
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Vinik, J.), dated August 17, 1990, which set aside a jury's verdict on damages in the total amount of $500,000, and directed a new trial thereon unless the plaintiff stipulated to reduce the verdict to the total amount of $300,000, which, upon the jury's apportionment of fault in the happening of the accident of 65% against the defendant and 35% against the plaintiff, resulted in a recovery for the plaintiff in the principal sum of $195,000.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The 70-year-old plaintiff suffered a fractured ankle when he tripped and fell on a broken sidewalk. We agree with the Supreme Court that the jury verdict was excessive to the extent indicated (see, Perrone v City of New York, 140 AD2d 594; see also, Graham v Murphy, 135 AD2d 326). Thompson, J. P., Rosenblatt, Miller and Pizzuto, JJ., concur.