TOLEDO v. IGLESIA NI CHRISTO

No. 224

18 N.Y.3d 363 (2012)

962 N.E.2d 773

939 N.Y.S.2d 282

JOSE LUIS TOLEDO, as Administrator of the Estate of JOAQUIN MARTINEZ, Also Known as JOAQUIN MARTINEZ VARGAS, Deceased, Respondent, v. IGLESIA NI CHRISTO, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided January 10, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mauro Lilling Naparty LLP, Great Neck ( Richard J. Montes , Caryn L. Lilling and Matthew W. Naparty of counsel), and Congdon, Flaherty, O'Callaghan, Reid, Donlon, Travis & Fishlinger for appellant.

Edelman & Edelman, PC., New York City ( David M. Schuller of counsel), for respondent.

McGaw, Alventosa & Zajac, Jericho ( Andrew Zajac and Dawn C. DeSimone of counsel), Rona L. Platt , Uniondale, Brendan T. Fitzpatrick , Albertson, David Hamm , New York City, and Lawton W. Squires for Defense Association of New York, Inc., amicus curiae.


OPINION OF THE COURT

CIPARICK, J.

The sole issue on this appeal is whether the trial court, in awarding preverdict interest, properly discounted future wrongful death damages back to the date of decedent's death and awarded interest from the date of death to the date of verdict. We agree with the courts below and affirm the judgment as entered. We do not reach the question of whether the interest should have been added to the future damages award discounted...

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