Reis v. Volvo Cars of North America

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Marcy S. Friedman, J), entered September 2, 2011, after a jury trial, awarding plaintiff damages on his negligence claim, modified, on the law, to reduce the jury’s award for future household relocation and modification costs by $168,000, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

The trial court properly set aside the jury’s verdict on plaintiffs’ failure to warn claim. The trial court was bound by our decision of May 4, 2010 (73 AD3d 420 [1st Dept 2010]), which was issued after the jury rendered its verdict but before the judgment was entered, modifying…