Newman v. Aiken

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Madden, J.), entered on or about October 5, 1999, which, insofar as appealed from, granted plaintiffs motion to set aside the jury’s awards for past and future pain and suffering of $10,000 and $0, respectively, and directed a new trial on the issue of such damages unless defendant stipulated to increase the awards therefor to $75,000 and $50,000, respectively, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

According appropriate deference to the trial court’s decision to set aside the jury’s verdict (see, Nicastro v Park, 113 AD2d 129, 136-137), a fair…