Legal Opinion
Fogliani v. Salvato
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 13, 1994PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Cusick, J.), dated July 14, 1992, which, after a jury trial on the issue of damages, dismissed the complaint.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the facts and as a matter of discretion, with costs, and a new trial is granted on the issue of damages only.
The plaintiff, a passenger in the front seat of a vehicle driven by the defendant Salvatore Salvato, suffered injuries *582when the vehicle hit a guardrail. At the liability phase of the trial, the jury found…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Nicastro v. ParkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- Nordhauser v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
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