REBELLO v. CITY OF NEW YORK


135 A.D.2d 473 (1987)

Lydia Rebello, as Administratrix of The Estate of Benjamin Rebello, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. City of New York et al., Defendants Emil M. Sanchez, Appellant, v. Baron & Vesel, P. C., Respondent

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

December 22, 1987


The action was brought against the City of New York and resulted in a jury award to the plaintiff administratrix of $110,250 for the wrongful death of her son and $11,000 for his conscious pain and suffering. Decedent, an epileptic who was run over by a city sanitation truck, was held to be 25% at fault for the accident, reducing the net award to a total of $109,032.92, plus prejudgment interest. After the verdict, the incoming law firm, which had been substituted after the...

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