Soltero v. City of New York

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alison Y. Tuitt, J.), entered November 19, 2013, after a jury trial, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, awarding plaintiff $246,000 for past loss of earnings, plus interest at the rate of 9% per year from the date of the verdict, unanimously modified, on the law, to vacate the award of interest, and remand the matter to calculate interest at the rate of 3% per year from the date of the verdict, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

The jury’s award for past loss of earnings was not speculative or excessive, as it was based on the…