Stokes v. New York Medical Group, P.C.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Janice Bowman, J., and a jury), entered August 3, 2001, in an action for medical malpractice, awarding the infant plaintiff prestructured damages of $1 million and $2 million for past and future pain and suffering, respectively, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The damage awards do not deviate materially from what would be reasonable compensation to a teenager for the loss of two gangrenous toes and part of the metatarsal head, with concomitant pain, permanent gait impairment, embarrassment and increased susceptibility to future arthritis and injury…