Herrera v. Braunstein

Order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department, entered January 6, 2006, which modified an amended judgment of the Civil Court, New York County (Delores J. Thomas, J.), entered October 5, 2003, awarding plaintiff, after a jury trial and a decision on defendant’s posttrial motion, $100,000 compensatory damages and $100,000 punitive damages, to the extent of vacating the amended judgment’s damages awards and unconditionally directing a new trial on the issue of damages only, unanimously modified, on the facts, to direct that the new trial on the…