Court Opinion

ID: 5778896
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 17:46:41.838799+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:41:56.078119
License: Public Domain

Concur—-McNally, Steuer and Tilzer, JJ.; Markewich, J. P., and Nunez, J., dissent in the following memorandum: We would affirm. The trial court reduced the jury’s verdict in plaintiff’s favor from $85,000 to $40,000. Plaintiff sustained a complete fracture of the transverse process of the third lumbar vertebra. His accrued special damage at -the time of trial was about $5,000. The evidence amply justifies the amount fixed by the experienced Trial Justice who was in a much better position than we are to evaluate the entire case.