Opinion ID: 494607
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Loss of Consortium Award

Text: 18 On plaintiffs' motion for revision of the district court's decision, Judge Stewart increased Mrs. Rufino's loss of consortium award to $100,000. While that fact is not per se dispositive of plaintiffs' claim that the award was inadequate, we certainly consider relevant the fact that the district court reconsidered and revised its award upon plaintiffs' request. It was not bound so to do. In any event, we cannot say that an award of $100,000 for loss of consortium was so inadequate as to justify a new trial. Compare Pruitt v. Sulffolk Ob-Gyn Group, P.C., 644 F.Supp. 593, 596 (E.D.N.Y.1986) ($250,000 jury award for loss of consortium reduced to $90,000, applying New York law); Beckcom v. United States, 584 F.Supp. 1471, 1485 (N.D.N.Y.1984) ($150,000 award in FTCA case applying New York law); 6 Tiernan v. Heinzen, 104 A.D.2d 645, 480 N.Y.S.2d 24, 26 (2d Dep't 1984) ($50,000 award); Schneider v. Memorial Hosp. for Cancer and Allied Diseases, 100 A.D.2d 583, 473 N.Y.S.2d 524, 525 (2d Dep't 1984) ($300,000 jury award reduced to $100,000). 19