Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York September 18, 2007 (Stinton v. Robin's Wood, Inc.)

OPINION OF THE COURT

McCarthy, J.

These appeals present the primary issue whether the $150,000 damages award for future pain and suffering should have been set aside pursuant to policy considerations underlying CPLR article 50-B since the plaintiff’s decedent, Ethel Flanzraich, *205died one day after the Supreme Court directed the award of such damages at the conclusion of an inquest.