Legal Opinion

Tiernan v. Heinzen

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided September 24, 1984PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for wrongful death attributable to medical malpractice, defendants Vosburgh, Finn and Kotarsky appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Christ, J.), entered March 31,1983, as, upon a jury verdict, as reduced and amended by the court upon appellants’ posttrial motion, awarded plaintiff damages in the principal sum of $1,650,000.

Judgment modified, on the facts, by reducing the amount awarded to plaintiff to $150,000, representing loss of decedent’s services and pain and suffering and by…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Collins v. New York HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  2. Collins v. New York HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Anna Rufino, as Guardian Ad Litem of Neil Rufino, and Anna Rufino, Plaintiffs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
  2. Ledogar v. GiordanoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
  3. Mandel v. New York County Public AdministratorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  4. Colozzo v. LoVeceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  5. Paccione v. GreenbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

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