Legal Opinion
Baynes v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 5, 1965PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In tan action to recover damages for personal injury sustained as the result of an allegedly wanton assault .upon plaintiff by defendant Smith, a police officer employed by the 'defendant City of New York, both defendants appeal from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, entered March 23, 1964 .after trial, as directed recovery by plaintiff against them of the sum of $75,215.25 based upon the jury’s verdict of $70,000 for compensatory damages and $5,000 for punitive damages. Judgment modified on the law and the facts by reducing to $70,215.25 the recovery against the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Craven v. . BloomingdaleNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Cope v. WanamakerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1936
- Cope v. John Wanamaker of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
3Cited by5 opinions
- Sharapata v. Town of IslipAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- John Mileski, an Infant Over the Age of 14 Years, by His Parent and Natural Guardian, Edward Francis Mileski v. The Long Island Rail Road CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Bennett v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Bevilacqua v. City of Niagara FallsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- Pitt v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1981