Case Name: Richard Naud, an Infant, by His Father and Natural Guardian, Robert Naud, et al., Appellants, v. Cyhthia De Torres et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1972-01-03
Citations: 38 A.D.2d 714
Docket Number: 
Parties: Richard Naud, an Infant, by His Father and Natural Guardian, Robert Naud, et al., Appellants, v. Cyhthia De Torres et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 38
Pages: 714–714

Head Matter:
Richard Naud, an Infant, by His Father and Natural Guardian, Robert Naud, et al., Appellants, v. Cyhthia De Torres et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injury, medical expense, etc., plaintiffs appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, entered June 4, 1971, as, on reconsideration, adhered to the original decision denying them a general preference. Order reversed insofar as appealed from, with $10 costs and disbursements, and general preference granted. In our opinion it was an improvident exercise of discretion to deny plaintiffs a general preference. We feel that the infant plaintiff's allegations and claims, if proved at the trial, may entitle him to a recovery in excess of the jurisdictional monetary limitation of the lower court. Hopkins, Acting P. J., Munder, Martuscello, Latham and Christ, JJ., concur.