Gomez v. New York City Police Department

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Howard H. Sherman, J.), entered June 10, 2010, upon a jury verdict, awarding plaintiff the principal sum of $700,000 as against the City defendants-appellants, and bringing up for review an order, same court and Justice, entered August 10, 2009, which denied defendants’ motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial and granted the alternative relief of setting aside the verdict to the extent of ordering a new trial on damages for past pain and suffering unless plaintiff stipulated to reduce the award from $1.5 million to $700,000,…