Pizarro v. City of New York

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alexander Hunter, J.), entered April 7, 2015, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs, awarding, as against defendant Police Officer Morales, punitive damages to plaintiff Pizarro in the amount of $1,000,000 and to plaintiff Garcia in the amount of $250,000, unanimously modified, on the law and the facts, to vacate in toto the punitive damage awards, and otherwise affirmed, without costs. Order, same court and Justice, entered October 8, 2015, which granted plaintiffs’ motion for legal fees,…