Case Name: CATZER v. BROOKLYN, Q. C. & S. R. CO
Court: New York Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1908-11-24
Citations: 112 N.Y.S. 1088
Docket Number: 
Parties: CATZER v. BROOKLYN, Q. C. & S. R. CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 112
Pages: 1088–1089

Head Matter:
CATZER v. BROOKLYN, Q. C. & S. R. CO.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
November 24, 1908.)
Damages (§ 132*)—Excessive Damages—Personal Injuries.
Plaintiff’s hands were cut by a piece of glass-, and two fingers of the right and left hand were swollen, -the scar on his right hand being permanent, and he suffered pain for five months thereafter. Plaintiff’s wages were $12 a week, and the injuries incapacitated him for work for four weeks. Held, that a judgment for plaintiff for $250 was excessive, and would be reduced to $100.
[Ed. Note.—Eor other cases, see Damages, Cent. Dig. § 379; Dec. Dig.
' § 132.*]-
Seabury, J., dissenting.
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Second District.
Action by Joseph Catzer against the Brooklyn, Queens County & Suburban Railroad Company'. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appealed. Reversed, and hew trial ordered, unless plaintiff accepts the judgment as reduced, when it will be affirmed as modified-.
Argued before GIDDERSLEEVE, P. J., and MacLEAN and SEA-BURY, JJ.
•For other cases see same topic & § number In Dec. & Am. Digs. 1907 to date, & Rep’r- Indexes
George D. Yeomans (Francis R. Stoddard, Jr., of counsel), for appellant.
Henry Lieb, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The judgment is excessive, and should be reversed, unless the plaintiff be willing to accept $100.
Judgment reversed and a new trial ordered, unless the plaintiff will stipulate within five days to modify the judgment by reducing the same to $100 and appropriate costs in the court below, in which event the judgment as modified will be affirmed without costs in this court.