Matter of Steam Pipe Explosion at 41st St. & Lexington Ave.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Barbara Jaffe, J.), entered October 19, 2015, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, after a jury trial, reduced the award for past pain and suffering from $4,380,000 to $2,500,000, and reduced the award for future pain and suffering from $7,442,000 to $1,500,000, unanimously modified, on the facts, to vacate the awards, and to direct a new trial of those damages, unless, within 30 days after service of a copy of this order with notice of entry, plaintiff stipulates to a reduction of the awards for past and future pain and suffering…