Robert v. Long Island Railroad

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Peter G. Patsalos, J.), entered January 4, 1989, finding, after a jury trial, in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant in the amount of $140,000, upon reduction in the amount of the jury verdict, based upon stipulation of counsel to reflect present value, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff claimed that while an employee of the Long Island Railroad, she suffered smoke inhalation and was rendered asthmatic. Although plaintiff portrayed herself as completely disabled, one of her own experts, i.e., her treating physician, characterized…