Roness v. Federal Express Corp.

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jose Padilla, J.), entered February 13, 2001, which, inter alia, upon a jury verdict, awarded plaintiff damages for past pain and suffering in the amount of $1,000,000 and made no award of future damages, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The trial evidence established that the 43-year-old plaintiff sustained brain injury as a result of being struck and knocked to the ground by a Federal Express truck. Although defendants maintain that the jury verdict as to past pain and suffering is excessive, in view of the extensive medical opinion offered at…