Atkins v. New York City Transit Authority

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Atkins v. New York City Transit Authority

133 A.D.2d 799, 520 N.Y.S.2d 351, 1987 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 51836

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedOctober 26, 1987

StatusPublished

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Atkins v. New York City Transit Authority, 133 A.D.2d 799, 520 N.Y.S.2d 351, 1987 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 51836 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1987).

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— In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Bernstein, J.), dated December 5, 1986, which granted the plaintiff’s motion to increase the ad damnum clause from $500,000 to $2,000,000.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Under all of the facts and circumstances, it was not an abuse of discretion to grant the plaintiff’s motion. Mangano, J. P., Brown, Lawrence, Weinstein and Kunzeman, JJ., concur.

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— In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Bernstein, J.), dated December 5, 1986, which granted the plaintiff’s motion to increase the ad damnum clause from $500,000 to $2,000,000.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Under all of the facts and circumstances, it was not an abuse of discretion to grant the plaintiff’s motion. Mangano, J. P., Brown, Lawrence, Weinstein and Kunzeman, JJ., concur.

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133 A.D.2d 799, 520 N.Y.S.2d 351, 1987 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 51836, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/atkins-v-new-york-city-transit-authority-nyappdiv-1987.