Erlon v. J.H.W. Construction Corp.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Weiner, J.), entered May 12, 1986, which, upon a jury verdict, is in favor of the plaintiff and against it in the principal sum of $175,000.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

On November 24, 1981, the plaintiff Candace Erlon—then seven years old—sustained a spiral fracture of her right tibia and fibula while roller skating on property owned by the defendant J.H.W. Construction Corporation. Subsequent to the defendant’s default in respect to…