SUTCH v. YARINSKY


292 A.D.2d 715 (2002)

739 N.Y.S.2d 214

DEBERA C. SUTCH, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of ALFRED W. SUTCH, JR., Respondent, v. STEVEN YARINSKY, Appellant.

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

Decided March 14, 2002.


Carpinello, J.

A jury determined that defendant, a plastic surgeon who performed a bilateral breast reduction on plaintiff, committed malpractice in the course of this treatment and also awarded her damages. The sole issue on appeal concerns two aspects of the jury's damage award, namely, whether the awards of $300,000 for past pain and suffering and $500,000 for future pain and suffering are excessive and materially deviate from reasonable compensation (see,<...

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