Oates v. New York City Transit Authority

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Norma Ruiz, J.), entered September 9, 2013, upon a jury verdict, awarding plaintiffs $300,000 for decedent Rachel Levy’s conscious pain and suffering; $150,000 for plaintiff Hadassah Levy’s past loss of custodial services, and $400,000 for her future loss of custodial services (over a 10-year period); and $100,000 for plaintiff Miriam Levy Oates’s future loss of nurture, care and guidance (over a five-year period), affirmed, without costs.

Decedent, mother of Miriam and daughter of Hadassah, was found dead under one of defendant Transit Authority’s buses.…