Schaeffer v. Vera Wang Bridal House, Ltd.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

CHIN, District Judge.

In this case, plaintiffs Gerald Schaeffer, Edith Schaeffer, Alisa Schaeffer, and Jennifer Schaeffer, through her next friend, Edith Schaeffer (collectively, the “Schaef-fers”), seek damages in excess of one hundred million dollars for personal injuries sustained during an armed robbery of defendant Vera Wang Bridal House, Ltd. (“Vera Wang”) on March 23,1994. During the robbery, plaintiffs Gerald and Edith Schaeffer were shot and seriously injured by two gunmen, who had followed the Schaeffers into Vera Wang with the intention of stealing Edith…