Where a trial judge accepts the organic reality of a plaintiff's injury but makes imprecise suggestions of exaggeration without specifying their nature or extent, and awards damages irreconcilable with the accepted medical evidence, the judgment will be set aside for failure to give adequate reasons. A new trial rather than appellate reassessment is required where serious credit issues remain unresolved and cannot be determined from the printed record.
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