MAYER v. GULF OIL CORPORATION

Civil No. 1501.

36 F.Supp. 773 (1941)

MAYER v. GULF OIL CORPORATION.

District Court, E. D. New York.

February 1, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Turner, of Brooklyn, N.Y. (Royce A. Wilson, of Brooklyn, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant, for the motion.

Isidore S. Jaffe, of Brooklyn, N.Y. (George I. Swetlow, of Brooklyn, N.Y., of counsel), for plaintiff, opposed.


CAMPBELL, District Judge.

This is a motion made on behalf of the defendant to set aside the verdict on the ground that it is excessive, and for a new trial.

The jury, after hearing the evidence and my charge, have found, as I must assume, that the plaintiff has been permanently injured and I accept that finding.

They awarded him $26,500.

Immediately before the accident he was receiving but $52.50 per month, that is $630 a year from the W.P...

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