Shipley v. City of New York

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for violation of the common-law right of sepulcher, the defendants appeal (1) from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Fusco, J), entered December 16, 2011, which, upon the granting of the plaintiffs’ motion pursuant to CPLR 4401 for judgment as a matter of law on the issue of liability, and upon a jury verdict on the issue of damages finding that the plaintiff Andre Shipley sustained damages in the sum of $500,000 for past pain and suffering, and that the plaintiff Korisha Shipley sustained damages in the sum of $500,000 for past…