Leal v. Levy

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Nelson Roman, J.), entered September 27, 2005, which, after a jury verdict awarding plaintiff Gabriela Leal $400,000 for past pain and suffering and $650,000 for future pain and suffering over 20 years, granted defendant’s motion for a new trial on damages unless plaintiffs stipulated to decrease the awards for past pain and suffering to $75,000 and future pain and suffering to $80,000, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In October 2000, 13-year-old plaintiff Gabriela Leal sustained injuries while seated in the rear passenger seat of a car owned and…