Case Name: Jean A. Reszenski, Respondent, v. Fairfax Arms Corporation et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1976-01-27
Citations: 51 A.D.2d 528
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jean A. Reszenski, Respondent, v Fairfax Arms Corporation et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 51
Pages: 528–528

Head Matter:
Jean A. Reszenski, Respondent, v Fairfax Arms Corporation et al., Appellants.

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered October 9, 1975, which, inter alia, granted the motion to increase the ad damnum clauses from $750,000 to $2,000,000, unanimously reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law and the facts and in the exercise of discretion, and the ad damnum clauses restored to $750,000, without costs or disbursements. The ad damnum clauses had just been increased on motion of the plaintiff in December, 1974 to $750,000. On February 28, 1975 plaintiff committed suicide. The present application for a further increase to $2,000,-000 does not contain the requisite factual showing to warrant an additional drastic increase in damages (Galarza v Alcoa S. S. Co., 34 AD2d 907). Concur —Lupiano, J. P., Birns, Capozzoli, Lane and Nunez, JJ.