Haleemeh M.S. v. MRMS Realty Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Jack M. Battaglia, J.

After a bifurcated trial, the jury determined that the infant plaintiff, Haleemeh M.S., should recover total damages of $3 million from defendant MRMS Realty Corp., as compensation for personal injuries she sustained on October 3, 2002 when she fell to a courtyard from a window in her family’s apartment on the fourth floor of a building at 316 68th Street, Brooklyn, premises owned by MRMS Realty. The jury also in effect determined that MRMS Realty should recover 30% of the total damages from the infant’s father, Mohammad S.F., on MRMS Realty’s claim…