Kirschhoffer v. Van Dyke
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Mercure, J.
Plaintiff Lynne A. Kirschhoffer (hereinafter Kirschhoffer) was injured when the car that she was driving collided with a dump truck. In a bifurcated trial, defendants were found solely responsible for the accident and, following a trial on the issue of damages, the jury awarded Kirschhoffer $8,595,000. Kirschhoffer’s damages were separately stated in response to Supreme Court’s interrogatories as follows: past pain and suffering, $325,000; lost earnings, $70,000; future pain and suffering, $7 million; and impairment of earning ability, $1.2 *9million.…
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