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· 10/31/1974

Fosco v. Empire Color Litho, Inc.

Citations

  • 46 A.D.2d 710
  • 360 N.Y.S.2d 319
  • 1974 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3765

How courts have described this case

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  • reducing a verdict of $7,000,000 to $1,500,000 for future pain and suffering, where the plaintiff sustained a back injury and underwent spinal fusion surgery
  • performing review under § 5501(c) and awarding the “highest amounts that can be justified”
  • reducing a $ 1.8 million jury award for loss of consortium to $ 400,000
  • upholding an award for lost future earnings based upon the earning capacity of a teacher where the plaintiff demonstrated that there were jobs available in her local school district that required no further training or education
  • “[T]here was no evidence that the condition was anything but latent and asymptomatic before the accident. In these circumstances, where the condition never manifested itself before the accident, the requested [aggravation of a pre-existing injury] charge was not warranted.”

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