Legal Opinion
Sampson v. New York City Housing Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 1, 1998PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bertram Katz, J., and a jury), entered August 5, 1997, awarding plaintiffs structured damages based on the principal sum of $960,000, as reduced by the trial court from $1.6 million, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The jury’s finding that the infant plaintiff ingested paint containing lead, and as a result suffers from hyperactivity, attention deficit disorder and loss of cognitive function, and will likely suffer from kidney, liver and hearing dysfunctions, is not against the weight of the evidence. Defendant’s present argument challenging the…
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