Bonano v. City of New York

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Norma Ruiz, J.), entered July 30, 2013, upon a jury verdict allocating 85% of the fault to defendant and 15% to plaintiff, and awarding plaintiff $500,000 for past pain and suffering and $1,140,000 for future pain and suffering, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff testified that he was injured while operating a motorized dirt bike on a roadway, when a police officer in an unmarked police car opened his door, blocking plaintiffs lane of travel and causing him to lose control of the bike and crash into a parked car. The officer testified to a…