Royal v. Booth Memorial Medical Center

—In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, the defendants Booth Memorial Medical Center and Robert Post appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lisa, J.), dated January 29, 1999, which, upon a jury verdict awarding the plaintiff Tristan Royal the sums of $2,000,000 for past pain and suffering, $3,000,000 for future pain and suffering, $3,000,000 for future lost earnings, $2,500,000 for future therapies, and $13,000,000 for future custodial care, is in his favor and against them.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the facts and as an exercise of…