Legal Opinion
McStocker v. Kolment
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 30, 1990PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries and wrongful death, the defendant Dennis Kolment appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Copertino, J.), dated August 29, 1988, which denied his motion to vacate the "upward modification” by the court of the amount of damages awarded by the jury to the plaintiff for loss of support from the principal sum of $50,000 to the principal sum of $200,000.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law and in the interest of justice, and the motion is granted to the extent that a new trial is granted on the issues of damages for…
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