Schneider v. Memorial Hospital for Cancer & Allied Diseases

In a medical malpractice action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., defendants appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Wagner, J.), dated November 26,1982, which awarded plaintiff Sylvia Schneider $780,000 ($500,000 for conscious pain and *584suffering and $280,000 for loss of wages) and awarded plaintiff Arthur Schneider $300,000 for loss of services, upon a jury verdict. 11 Judgment modified, on the facts and as a matter of discretion, by reducing the amount awarded to Sylvia Schneider to $500,000, representing damages for conscious pain and suffering, and by…