Cappadona v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a claim to recover damages for wrongful death, the State of New York appeals from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Blinder, J.), dated May 6, 1987, which, upon a verdict after a nonjury trial, holding that the decedent was 50% at fault in the happening of the accident, and that the claimant’s total damages amounted to $709,048.80, is in favor of the claimant and against it in the principal sum of $354,524.40.
Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the facts, by reducing the award to the claimant from the principal sum of *499$354,524.40 to the principal sum of $150,000, representing 50% of…
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