Bellas v. Kurpis

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert Nicholson, J.), rendered August 2, 1990 which, upon a jury verdict, inter alia, found defendant Dr. Albert Kurpis fifty percent (50%) liable and awarded plaintiff, after apportionment of liability, a principal sum of $12,500 for pain and suffering and $10,000 for medical and dental expenses, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

A review of the record demonstrates that there existed a rational and valid line of reasoning by which the jury could find that defendant Dr. Kurpis committed dental malpractice and that such malpractice constituted a…