Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Lazarowitz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 2, 2004PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Douglass, J), dated June 12, 2002, which, upon a stipulation on the issue of liability and limiting any award of damages to $1,250,000, and upon a jury verdict awarding the plaintiff Goslyn Sylvan damages in the sum of $4,000,000, is in favor of the plaintiff Goslyn Sylvan and against them.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law and in the interest of justice, and a new trial is granted on the issue of damages, with costs to abide the event.
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