Rountree v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bertram Katz, J., and a jury), entered May 13, 1998, awarding plaintiff damages of $450,000 for past pain and suffering and $300,000 for future pain and suffering, upon plaintiff’s stipulation to reduce the jury’s award from $850,000 for past pain and suffering and $650,000 for future pain and suffering, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
At about 5:45 p.m. on February 16, 1993, the 49-year-old plaintiff boarded a BX-41 bus owned and operated by defen*325dant. According to plaintiff, the bus abruptly pulled away from the curb as he was walking towards the…
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