Judgment modified by reinstating the jury's apportionment of fault and thereupon reducing the principal sum awarded to $24,750. As so modified, judgment affirmed, with costs to defendant. The matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Orange County, for entry of an appropriate amended judgment accordingly.
Based on the evidence the jury could reasonably have found the decedent to be 45% negligent (see Brookman v Public Serv. Tire Corp.,
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