Case Name: Joseph Bush et al., Respondents, v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Appellant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent-Appellant. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellants-Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1989-07-12
Citations: 152 A.D.2d 979
Docket Number: Appeal No. 1
Parties: Joseph Bush et al., Respondents, v Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Appellant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent-Appellant. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellants-Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 152
Pages: 979–979

Head Matter:
Joseph Bush et al., Respondents, v Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Appellant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent-Appellant. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellants-Respondents.
(Appeal No. 1.)

Opinion:
Judgment unanimously modified on the law and facts and as modified affirmed without costs, in accordance -with the following memorandum: From our review of the record, we conclude that the damages awarded are excessive. We grant a new trial on the issue of damages only unless, within 20 days after the service of a copy of the order to be entered herein, plaintiffs stipulate to a reduction in the verdicts to $1,500,000 for plaintiff Joseph Bush and to $300,000 for plaintiff Betty Bush. (Appeals from judgment of Supreme Court, Oswego County, Hurlbutt, J. — jury award.) Present — Denman, J. P., Boomer, Pine, Balio and Lawton, JJ.