Case Name: Walter Williams, Respondent, v. Lee & Simmons, Inc., Defendant, and Pittston Stevedoring Corp., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1948-05-10
Citations: 273 A.D. 1015
Docket Number: 
Parties: Walter Williams, Respondent, v. Lee & Simmons, Inc., Defendant, and Pittston Stevedoring Corp., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 273
Pages: 1015–1015

Head Matter:
Walter Williams, Respondent, v. Lee & Simmons, Inc., Defendant, and Pittston Stevedoring Corp., Appellant.

Opinion:
Plaintiff, a longshoreman, while engaged in removing cargo from a barge, was injured when a heavy wooden case or cases which had been loaded by appellant in tiers seven feet high, fell, struck him and fractured his ankle. The jury awarded plaintiff a verdict for $7,500. Judgment reversed on the facts and a new trial granted, with costs to abide the event, unless within ten days after the entry of the order hereon plaintiff stipulates to reduce the verdict to $5,500, in which event the judgment, as so reduced, is unanimously affirmed, without costs. In our opinion, the verdict was excessive. Carswell, Acting P. J., Johnston, Adel, Sneed and Wenzel, JJ., concur.