Legal Opinion

Rivera v. State

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

Decided June 13, 1994PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In a claim to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the claimants appeal from so much of a judgment of the Court of Claims (Bell, J.), entered May 28, 1992, as, after a nonjury trial, awarded the claimant Luis Alexis Rivera damages in the principal sum of only $32,000 for past pain and suffering and $15,000 for future pain and suffering.

Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the facts and as a matter of discretion, by deleting the provision awarding damages for past pain and suffering in the amount of $32,000 and substituting therefor a provision awarding damages for past pain and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Mesick v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
  2. Karagiannis v. New York State Thruway AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  3. Berry v. Jewish Board of Family & Children's ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  4. Hodges v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Walsh v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  2. Ligo v. GerouldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  3. Boinoff v. Riverbay Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  4. Giladov v. KurzweilAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  5. Cardella v. Henke Machine, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001

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