Lagueux v. Hayes

Appeal from an order of *814the Supreme Court (Best, J.), entered July 18, 1996 in Montgomery County, which granted plaintiff’s motion to set aside the verdict, and ordered a new trial on the issue of damages.

In October 1993, plaintiff was injured when defendant, her then live-in boyfriend, slammed her face into a wall, causing massive swelling, black and blue marks around the eyes, nose and mouth, and extreme pain. X rays revealed crushing fractures of the left eye socket and sinus walls, which caused ruptured sinus cavities, and fractures of the right eye socket and other facial bones.…