Court Opinion

ID: 5763530
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 17:18:41.798584+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:41:36.185422
License: Public Domain

Brennan, Acting P. J., Rabin, Hopkins and Nolan, JJ., concur; Benjamin, J., dissents and votes to affirm the judgment, with the following memorandum: The jury awarded $45,000 to this infant plaintiff for a linear skull fracture and brain damage which aggravated a pre-existing mental retardation. In my opinion, this award is not at all excessive. I see no basis for disturbing the verdict of the jury. If no residuals remained from the linear fracture, the reduced verdict of $25,000 is excessive. If, as my colleagues say, there was at least an aggravation of a mentally retarded state, the award of $45,000 may well be inadequate,