Lugo v. City of New York

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, entered October 10, 1979, unanimously modified, on the law, to reduce the amount of the award in favor of Mercedes Lugo, as set forth in the first decretal paragraph of the judgment, to the sum of $187,565, and the matter remanded for the purpose of recalculating interest, and otherwise affirmed, without costs. On July 31, 1971, a grocery store located at 2081 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, was robbed at gunpoint by two men. When the robbers left they were pursued by Sergio Lugo, the store owner, and his brother Tomas, a part-time employee.…