Legal Opinion
Tamburello v. Bensonhurst Car & Limo Service, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 27, 2003PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Silverman, J.H.O.), entered April 12, 2002, which, upon their failure to appear or answer the complaint and upon an inquest on the issue of damages at which they appeared, is in favor of the plaintiff and against them in the principal sum of $200,000.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, for a new inquest on the issue of damages, if any.
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