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O'Keefe v. Long Island Lighting Company

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 19, 1988
136 A.D.2d 611 (N.Y. App. Div. 1988)

Opinion

January 19, 1988

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Rubenfeld, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The plaintiff urges this court to set aside the jury's award for both pain and suffering and for loss of earnings as so grossly inadequate as to shock the conscience. However, the award is neither inadequate nor shocking. The plaintiff presented no documentary proof at trial respecting his loss of earnings. Further, the two medical experts strongly disagreed as to the nature, extent and the cause of the plaintiff's physical complaints. Where conflicting medical evidence is presented at trial, a jury award will not be set aside as inadequate (see, Maldonado v WABC Towing Corp., 121 A.D.2d 517). Mangano, J.P., Bracken, Eiber and Harwood, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

O'Keefe v. Long Island Lighting Company

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 19, 1988
136 A.D.2d 611 (N.Y. App. Div. 1988)
Case details for

O'Keefe v. Long Island Lighting Company

Case Details

Full title:JOHN O'KEEFE, Appellant, v. LONG ISLAND LIGHTING COMPANY et al.…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jan 19, 1988

Citations

136 A.D.2d 611 (N.Y. App. Div. 1988)