Ortiz v. New York City Transit Authority

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen A. Rakower, J.), entered March 21, 2012, after a jury trial, awarding plaintiff the principal amounts of $300,000 for past pain and suffering over 11 years and $100,000 for future pain and suffering over 10 years, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

*466Plaintiff was injured in October 2000, when she slipped on a broken concrete step and fell down the stairway of a subway station. Plaintiff was diagnosed with lumbar radiculopathy, and an injury to her coccyx. Plaintiffs injuries are permanent, cause her severe pain, and inhibit her from engaging in…