Pipitone v. Zweig

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Helen E. Freedman, J.), which to the extent appealed from, upon a jury verdict apportioned liability 90% as against defendant Hospital for Joint Diseases and 10% as against defendant Martin Richard Pachter, M.D., unanimously affirmed, with costs.

In this action for personal injuries, all the parties stipulated to a settlement guaranteeing payment to plaintiffs in the amount of $2,750,000 with a proviso for apportionment should the defendants be unable to do so between themselves. We find that the jury’s verdict was not against the weight of the…