Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is granted, with costs to abide the event.
Initially, we find that the trial court improperly allowed the admission of evidence concerning settlements received by the plaintiffs in two other personal injury actions arising out of separate incidents (see, Tennant v Dudley, 144 N.Y. 504; White v Old Dominion S. S. Co., 102 N.Y. 661; Gilliam v Lee,
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