Baez v. Dombroff

— In a medical malpractice action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant Richard Dombroff, M.D. appeals (1) from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Clemente, J.), entered April 3, 1986, which, upon a jury verdict, awarded the plaintiff Irma Baez (hereinafter Baez) damages in the principal sum of $2,625,000, and (2) as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the same court entered May 12, 1987, as set aside the judgment and granted a new trial on the issue of damages only, unless Baez stipulated to reduce the verdict in her favor to the principal…