Case Name: Arthur Pinkus, Respondent, v. Donald D. Esch et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-01-05
Citations: 257 A.D.2d 366
Docket Number: 
Parties: Arthur Pinkus, Respondent, v Donald D. Esch et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 257
Pages: 366–366

Head Matter:
Arthur Pinkus, Respondent, v Donald D. Esch et al., Appellants.
[682 NYS2d 576]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Huff, J.), entered October 10, 1997, which granted plaintiff's motion to set aside the jury verdict in plaintiff's favor in the amount of $9,000 and directed a new trial, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The trial court's determination to set aside the verdict and to order a new trial constituted a proper and, indeed, prudent exercise of its discretionary authority pursuant to CPLR 4404, especially in light of the clear inadequacy of the verdict where the jury found a 35-year permanent disability. We have considered the parties' remaining arguments for affirmative relief and find them to be unavailing. Concur—Ellerin, J. P., Nardelli, Wallach and Rubin, JJ.