Legal Opinion

Rivera v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 30, 1990PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, the defendant Jewish Hospital and Medical Center of Brooklyn appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Pizzuto, J.), dated August 26, 1988, as upon denying its motion to set aside as excessive a jury verdict awarding the infant plaintiff $650,000, is in favor of the infant plaintiff and against it in the principal amount of $650,000.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

Where, as here, the action was commenced prior to July 30, 1986 and the trial…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Gallo v. Supermarkets General Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
  2. Schare v. Welsbach Electric Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  3. O'Connor v. RothAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  4. McFarland v. MakowskiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
  5. Trocchia v. Long Island College HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986

3Cited by12 opinions

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  3. Stern v. CalzadoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  4. Donohoe v. GoldnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  5. Axelrod v. RosenbaumAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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