Legal Opinion
Miller v. Beaugrand
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 22, 1991PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Hansel McGee, J.), entered September 19, 1989, which, after a jury trial, reduced the award of $1,700,000, apportioned 80% against defendant Beaugrand-Fisher Group Inc. and 20% against defendant City of New York, to the amount of $200,000, unanimously modified, on the law and the facts, to reinstate the jury award if $1,700,000, and except as thus modified, affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Based upon the record before us, we find that the trial court usurped the jury’s function in reducing the damage award from $1,700,000 to $200,000. The infant…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cohen v. Hallmark Cards, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1978
- Farragher v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
- Farragher v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1966
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