Order reversed, on the law, with costs, motion denied, and the jury's verdict in the principal amount of $7,500 is reinstated.
Under the law in effect at the time of the trial, in order to warrant interference with the jury's assessment of damages, the excessiveness or inadequacy of the award must have been such as to shock the conscience of the court (see, e.g., Petosa v City of New York,
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