Legal Opinion
Fisk v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 17, 1998PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alan Saks, J.), entered May 30, 1997, which, in an action for personal injuries arising out of a rear-end motor vehicle collision, after a jury trial, awarded plaintiff damages of $30,000 for past pain and suffering and $1,000,000 for future pain and suffering, structured pursuant to CPLR article 50-B, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The trial court correctly withheld from the jury the issue of plaintiff’s culpable conduct since defendants’ evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to raise an issue of fact in that regard (see, e.g., Galante v…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Rohring v. City of Niagara FallsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Bermeo v. Yucel AtakentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Karagiannis v. New York State Thruway AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Bryant v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
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