Severin v. Benenati
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals, on the ground, inter alia, of inadequacy, from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Shaw, J.), dated April 29, 1997, which, upon a jury verdict finding him 40% at fault in the happening of the accident and finding that he suffered total damages in the amount of $75,000, is in his favor in the principal sum of only $45,000.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The jury’s award of damages for the plaintiff’s torn rotator *317cuff injury did not deviate from what would be reasonable…
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