JACKSON v. CHETRAM


300 A.D.2d 446 (2002)

751 N.Y.S.2d 551

MELISSA JACKSON et al., Appellants, v. PERSDEO CHETRAM et al., Respondents.

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

Decided December 16, 2002.


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

The plaintiffs commenced this action to recover damages for injuries sustained by the infant plaintiff due to exposure to lead paint in a building owned by the defendants. We agree with the Supreme Court that the jury awards for past and future pain and suffering deviated materially from what would be reasonable compensation (see CPLR 5501 [c]; Padilla v Jols Realty Corp.,

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