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· 4/13/1978

Lizza & Sons, Inc. v. State

Citations

  • 62 A.D.2d 1080
  • 403 N.Y.S.2d 602
  • 1978 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11177

How courts have described this case

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  • affirming jury verdict against hotel owner in favor of woman who was raped in her hotel room by a stranger
  • upholding $2 million award for past and future pain and suffering in rape case
  • $1.8 million for past pain and suffering and $200,-000 for future pain and suffering
  • “there is no requirement that the criminal conduct be of the same type as that to which plaintiff was subjected to establish foreseeability ..., and indeed burglary is a willful act from which physical injury can reasonably be said to be a probable consequence”
  • upholding award of $2 million for rape in hotel

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