Legal Opinion
Berrios v. 735 Avenue of Americas, LLC
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 14, 2013Published
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Stanley Green, J.), entered June 10, 2011, which, after a jury trial, inter alia, awarded plaintiff $375,000 for past pain and suffering, $225,000 for future pain and suffering for three years, $225,000 for past lost earnings, and $375,000 for future lost earnings for three years, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff, who was injured when he fell off a scaffold in the course of his employment as a journeyman carpenter on a construction project, had an average pre-accident salary of $76,000 per year. With the exception of a brief, part-time job,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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