Based upon the record before us, we find that the trial court usurped the jury's function in reducing the damage award from $1,700,000 to $200,000. The infant plaintiff, eight years old at the time of trial and with a life expectancy of another 59 years, was found to be suffering from the harmful effects of ingesting lead-based paint peelings over a period of at least six months. The uncontradicted medical evidence showed that he
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MILLER v. BEAUGRAND
169 A.D.2d 537 (1991)
Anthony Miller et al., Appellants-Respondents, v. Louis Beaugrand et al., Defendants, and City of New York, Respondent-Appellant
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January 22, 1991
January 22, 1991
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.
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