Legal Opinion
Doubrovinskaya v. Dembitzer
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 28, 2008PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jack M. Battaglia, J.
At the beginning of the liability phase of this bifurcated negligence action, plaintiff Irina Doubrovinskaya and defendant Naftali Z. Dembitzer agreed on the record (see CPLR 2104) that the jury’s verdict on liability would resolve the entire action. As will be described more specifically, plaintiff would have received as damages for her injuries an amount determined by the “percentage point of liability found against the defendant,” with a “minimum of $25,000, a maximum of $100,000.”
On February 13, 2008, the jury returned a verdict in which it…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Doubrovinskaya v. DembitzerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010