DePasquale v. Klenetsky

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kramer, J.), entered March 13, 1997, which, after a jury verdict, inter alia, awarding the plaintiff Roy DePasquale $20,000 for past pain and suffering and $50,000 for future pain and suffering, denied his motion pursuant to CPLR 4404 to set aside the verdict and, upon the plaintiffs cross motion to increase the award, granted the same to the extent of ordering a new trial on the issue of damages for past pain and suffering only unless the defendant *546stipulated…