Legal Opinion
Scarcella v. Dunn
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 25, 1980Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Arthur D. Spatt, J.
Ordered that this motion by plaintiff for an order to amend the ad damnum clause from $36,000 to $150,000 is determined as set forth below.
The application is based upon further injuries and aggravations of injuries to plaintiff which were related to the original accident on October 1, 1969. A further basis is the effect of inflation upon the original claim for damages.
The plaintiff’s application is bolstered by an affidavit of Richard S. Goodman, an orthopedist, who causally relates the present condition to the original injury of October 1, 1969, and *32who…
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- Wagner v. Huntington HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- Osborne v. MillerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972
- Robbins v. SperlazzaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
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