Georgiadis v. State

Appeal from a judgment in favor of claimant, entered July 19, 1983, upon a decision of the Court of Claims (Murray, J.).

The issue presented on this appeal is whether the award of $75,000 in damages to claimant, whose arm was caught in a “bread proofing” machine causing multiple fractures, requiring several surgical procedures, and resulting in a permanently deformed left arm with limitation of motion of the left wrist and hand, is so inadequate as to be shocking to the conscience of the court. After taking into consideration the nature and extent of the injury, its permanence, the extent of…