IRRIZARY v. CITY OF NEW YORK


95 A.D.2d 713 (1983)

Isaac Irrizary, an Infant, by his Mother and Natural Guardian, Jennie Velez, Respondent, v. City of New York, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

June 21, 1983


After review of the record, we find only one basis for an award for loss of future earnings, the home economist's testimony that plaintiff's income would be diminished by $95,917 over a 47-year period. She arrived at this figure by constructing an economic model of plaintiff's lifetime earnings at the minimum wage, less what he might make were he only to be employed in a "sheltered workshop" setting. Implicit in such a model was the assumption that plaintiff would not attend...

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