Case Name: Clarid Patterson, as Administratrix of the Estate of Freddie Patterson, Deceased, Respondent, v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc., Appellant-Respondent, and R. H. Macy's Co., Inc., et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1976-05-20
Citations: 52 A.D.2d 810
Docket Number: 
Parties: Clarid Patterson, as Administratrix of the Estate of Freddie Patterson, Deceased, Respondent, v Ryder Truck Rental, Inc., Appellant-Respondent, and R. H. Macy’s Co., Inc., et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 52
Pages: 810–810

Head Matter:
Clarid Patterson, as Administratrix of the Estate of Freddie Patterson, Deceased, Respondent, v Ryder Truck Rental, Inc., Appellant-Respondent, and R. H. Macy’s Co., Inc., et al., Appellants.

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, entered June 2, 1975, unanimously reversed, on the law and on the facts, and a new trial granted solely on the issue of damages, with $60 costs and disbursements of this appeal to abide the event, unless the plaintiff-respondent within 20 days of service upon her by the defendants-appellants of a copy of the order entered herein, with notice of entry, serves and files in the office of the clerk of the trial court a written stipulation consenting to reduce the verdict to $425,000 and to the entry of an amended judgment in accordance therewith. If the plaintiff-respondent consents to the reduction, the judgment as so amended and reduced is affirmed, without costs or disbursements. The amount awarded by the jury was excessive and a judgment exceeding the amount indicated is not warranted on this record. Concur—Murphy, J. P., Birns, Silverman, Capozzoli and Nunez, JJ.