Maldonado v. New York City Transit Authority

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Rappaport, J.), entered October 5, 1998, which, upon a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff and against it in the principal sums of $225,000 for past pain and suffering and $500,000 for future pain and suffering, is in favor of the plaintiff and against it.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the facts and as a matter of discretion, without costs or disbursements, and a new trial is granted on the issue of damages for past pain and suffering and future pain…