Woods v. City of New York

—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Jerry Crispino, J.), entered April 2, 1999, which, insofar as appealed from, granted a motion to set aside the verdict to the extent of directing a new trial unless plaintiff stipulated to a reduction of damages from $504,000 to $300,000, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The jury found that conduct by Emergency Medical Service personnel in providing care to plaintiff’s decedent, who was having an asthma attack, directly contributed to her death. Specifically, the jury found that the failure to suction the endo*216tracheal tube placed in her airway together…