November, 1930.
Present — Lazansky, P.J., Rich, Young, Kapper and Tompkins, JJ.
Judgment and order modified by reducing the amount of the verdict to the sum of $30,000, to be apportioned as follows: $27,500 thereof to Emma Whittaker, the mother of decedent, and $2,500 to Edward Whittaker, the father of decedent. As so modified, the judgment and the order are unanimously affirmed, without costs. No opinion.
Full title:EMMA WHITTAKER, as Administratrix, etc., of ERNEST WHITTAKER, Deceased…
Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Date published: Nov 1, 1930
However, as to excessiveness of the verdict, the trial court is not limited by a rule peculiar to the act.…
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