Cruz v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lucindo Suarez, J.), entered December 24, 1997, which granted defendants’ motions to set aside the jury verdict in favor of plaintiff to the extent of directing a new trial on the issue of damages unless plaintiff stipulates to reduce the awards for future pain and suffering from $1,875,000 to $400,000 and for past pain and suffering from $375,000 to $200,000, and setting aside the $70,000 award for future medical expenses as a matter of law, unanimously modified, on the facts, to reinstate the jury award for past pain and suffering, and to provide for a…