Arrin C. v. New York City Department of Education

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (John A. Barone, J.), entered November 10, 2011, after a jury trial, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied so much of defendants’ posttrial motion as sought to set aside the verdict as to liability, and granted so much of the motion as sought to set aside the verdict as to damages, to the extent of ordering a new trial on the issue of damages unless plaintiff consents to reduce the amount awarded for past and future pain and suffering from $4.6 million to $250,000, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff, then 11 years…