Gonzalez v. Iocovello

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (George Friedman, J.), entered November 8, 1996, which, upon a jury verdict, awarded plaintiff damages for past and future pain and suffering and lost earnings, plus interest, unanimously modified, on the law, to vacate so much of the judgment as awarded plaintiff interest at a rate of 9%, and the matter is remanded to the trial court for the exercise of its discretion in determining the rate at which interest is to be calculated and, if warranted, for a recalculation of the interest portions of the judgment, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

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