Legal Opinion
Benitez v. New York City Board of Education
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 30, 1988PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Hansel McGee, J.), entered June 10, 1986, which, after a jury trial, inter alia, awarded plaintiff $946,000 for loss of earnings and $304,000 for pain and suffering, and apportioned liability 30% against plaintiff and 70% against defendants, affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
This personal injury action is an outgrowth of injuries sustained by plaintiff, a 19-year-old football player at George Washington High School (GW), during the course of a league game in A Division competition. He has sued both the New York City Board of Education and the…
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- Decker v. Dundee Central School DistrictNew York Court of Appeals · 1958
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