Matar Diouf v. New York City Transit Authority

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Paul G. Feinman, J.), entered May 6, 2009, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, upon a jury verdict, awarding plaintiff $800,000 for future pain and suffering, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff, a 55-year-old tailor, sustained painful fractures to both wrists after falling on uneven stairs leading into a subway station. The fracture to the left wrist was a comminuted intraarticular fracture of the distal radius and ulnar styloid, which required reduction surgery and a second surgical procedure to remove the metal hardware…