Case Name: Evelyn Hood et al., Respondents, v. Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1987-03-12
Citations: 128 A.D.2d 431
Docket Number: 
Parties: Evelyn Hood et al., Respondents, v Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 128
Pages: 431–431

Head Matter:
Evelyn Hood et al., Respondents, v Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alfred J. Callahan, J.), entered on January 7, 1986, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts and a new trial ordered solely on the issue of damages, without costs and without disbursements, unless plaintiffs Evelyn Hood and Leroy Hood, within 20 days after service upon their attorney of a copy of the order herein, with notice of entry, serve and file in the office of the clerk of the trial court a written stipulation consenting to reduce the verdict in their favor to $250,000 and $25,000, respectively, and to the entry of an amended judgment in accordance therewith. If plaintiffs so stipulate, the judgment, as so amended, is affirmed, without costs and without disbursements.
After review of the record, the damages appear to us to be excessive to the extent indicated. Concur—Sandler, J. P., Carro, Kassal, Ellerin and Wallach, JJ.