Court Opinion

ID: 9756053
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 21:05:08.896606+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:14.250753
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SULLIVAN, J.
(concurring in part and dissenting in part).
I agree that there should be a remand and retrial and I do not quarrel with the legal principles as to defendants’ respective liabilities as set forth in the majority opinion. However, I would order a new trial as to all issues including liability and not hold, as the majority does, that defendants’ liability to plaintiff had been established and that the issue on remand is damages only.
As defendant Robert McDonough argued in his Appellate Division brief, the credibility of plaintiff Dr. Lieberman is very much in question and the liability of defendants to Dr. Lieberman depends, to a substantial extent, on an assessment of that credibility.
Since the case is going back for retrial, I would order a retrial on all issues and not just the question of damages.
*345For affirmance as modified -Chief Justice WILENTZ and Justices PASHMAN, CLIFFORD, HANDLER and POLLOCK-5.
Concurring in part and dissenting in part-Justice SULLIVAN-1.