Legal Opinion

Suarez v. City of New York

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

Decided October 13, 1992PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alice Schlesinger, J.), entered July 12, 1991, which, upon a jury verdict, found in plaintiff’s favor in the sum of $1,625,000, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff was assaulted without provocation by several police officers in 1978. Defendant’s contention that there was an insufficient evidentiary basis to support the jury’s award for past and future pain and suffering is without merit.

The record supports plaintiff’s medical expert’s uncontradicted findings that injuries to plaintiff’s left frontal region of the head, a result of being…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Furia v. MellucciAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  2. Capuccio v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Rangolan v. County of NassauDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1999
  2. Scott v. PosasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
  3. Scott v. PosasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
  4. Tucciarello v. Ironwil AssociatesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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