Legal Opinion

Terranova v. New York City Transit Authority

New York Supreme Court

Decided December 13, 2005Published

1Opinion of the Court

*215OPINION OF THE COURT

Eric N. Vitaliano, J.

On April 29, 2005 the jury impaneled in this action returned a verdict granting plaintiff damages on his firefighter’s claim for injury in the line of duty brought under General Municipal Law § 205-a. The jury awarded $178,000 in past lost earnings and $700,000 for future lost earnings. With its time to move for relief from the verdict extended on consent and order pursuant to CPLR 2004, defendant served a formal omnibus posttrial motion under CPLR 4404 (a) on May 27, 2005. The branches of the motion to set aside the verdict as against the weight of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

Oden v. Chemung County Industrial Development AgencyNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
Fisher v. Qualico Contracting Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 2002
Gonzalez v. IocovelloNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
Caruso v. Russell P. LeFrois Builders, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
Iazzetti v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1999

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