Hackworth v. WDW Development, Inc.

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Arber, J.), entered September 1, 1994, which, upon a jury verdict, awarded plaintiff damages, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

We find that the jury’s verdict awarding plaintiff an aggregate amount of $2,800,000 did not deviate materially from reasonable compensation (CPLR 5501 [c]), where the 27 year old plaintiff fell three stories and sustained injuries requiring a fusion of two discs, leaving him permanently disabled. Further, plaintiff’s economic expert properly estimated future lost earnings since he did not base his calculations upon…