Cecere v. 3950 Blackstone Associates

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Paula Omansky, J.), entered on or about April 7, 1996, which granted plaintiff’s motion to set aside the jury’s verdict of $57,000 insofar as it awarded $6,500 for past pain and suffering and $11,000 for future pain and suffering, and directed a new trial on damages unless defendant stipulated to increases for past and future pain and suffering to $125,000 and $50,000, respectively, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

We agree with the trial court that the awards for past and future pain and suffering in favor of plaintiff, 22 years old when the index…