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RIVERA v. CITY OF NEW YORK

160 A.D.2d 985 (1990)

April M. Rivera, an Infant, by Her Mother and Natural Guardian, Sonia Rivera, et al., Respondents, v. City of New York et al., Defendants, and Jewish Hospital and Medical Center of Brooklyn, Also Known as Interfaith Medical Center, Appellant

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

April 30, 1990

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

Where, as here, the action was commenced prior to July 30, 1986 and the trial was commenced prior to August 1, 1988, the jury's assessment of damages should not be disturbed unless the verdict is so excessive or inadequate that it shocks the conscience of the court (see, Schare v Welsbach Elec. Corp., 138 A.D.2d 477, 478; Trocchia v Long...

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