Mercado v. Vega

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Howard Silver, J.), entered on or about January 3, 1989, which, upon a jury verdict, appor*366tioned liability 75% against defendant City of New York and 25% against defendant Reinaldo Vega, and which, upon plaintiff's stipulation in lieu of a new trial on damages, reduced the damage award from $5,000,000 for pain and suffering to $1,000,000 and from $30,000 for medical costs to $14,611, plus interest and costs, is unanimously affirmed, without costs.

During the early morning hours of November 22, 1981, two police officers on radio motor patrol observed a…