James v. Eber Bros. Wine & Liquor Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Green, J.
Defendant Eber Bros. Wine & Liquor Corp. (Eber) *331appeals from a jury verdict in a wrongful death action which awarded plaintiffs $250,000 compensatory damages and $2,500,000 punitive damages. Eber’s principal contentions on appeal are that the evidence was insufficient to support the punitive award and that the compensatory award is excessive, against the weight of the evidence and based on the erroneous admission of testimony from plaintiffs’ expert economist. We agree with Eber that the award of punitive damages must be vacated but otherwise we affirm.
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