Legal Opinion

O'Keefe v. Long Island Lighting Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 19, 1988Published

1Opinion of the Court

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiff appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Rubenfeld, J.), entered June 18, 1986, as, upon a jury verdict, is in favor of him and against the defendants in the principal amount of only $27,000.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The plaintiff urges this court to set aside the jury’s award for both pain and suffering and for loss of earnings as so grossly inadequate as to shock the conscience. However, the award is…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Maldonado v. WABC Towing Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986

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