LANZANO v. CITY OF NEW YORK


71 N.Y.2d 208 (1988)

Thomas Lanzano et al., Appellants, v. City of New York, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherwood Allen Salvan and Harry Salvan for appellants.

Peter L. Zimroth, Corporation Counsel (Lin Saberski and Stephen J. McGrath of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE and HANCOCK, JR., concur.


BELLACOSA, J.

The primary action is by an injured New York City sanitation employee seeking damages for personal injury. He appeals, contending that the trial court's instruction to the jury that the award of damages would not be subject to income taxation constituted error and aggrieved him because the jury awarded him less than it would have absent that instruction. We affirm the Appellate Division order upholding...

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