Hanratty v. City of New York

In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lerner, J.), dated April 4, 1986, as, upon an admission of liability by the defendant, and after a jury trial limited to the issue of damages, is in favor of the plaintiff Lawrence J. Hanratty in the principal amount of $1,650,000.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, and a new trial is granted limited to the issue of damages under the first cause of action on behalf of the…