Appellate Division, First Department · September 17, 2026 · 2026 NY Slip Op 05364
Beauchamp v New York City Tr. Auth.
Read the official decision: 2026 NY Slip Op 05364
Holding The court modified the jury verdict to reduce future medical expenses to the amount supported by expert testimony and remanded for a new trial on pain and suffering and loss of services unless plaintiffs stipulated to reduced amounts. The court found the original awards excessive but noted that the reduced total constitutes reasonable compensation for the plaintiff’s extraordinary injuries.
The court’s words
Being dragged by the bus tore Aurora's lumbosacral plexus off her spinal cord, leaving her left leg virtually paralyzed and insensate
2026 NY Slip Op 05364, at the official text
we do not believe that it is manifestly excessive but rather constitutes reasonable compensation for the pain and disabilities caused by the extraordinary injuries suffered by Aurora
2026 NY Slip Op 05364, at the official text
Plaintiffs established Aurora's future medical expenses in the amount of $8,238,345 — the amount calculated by plaintiffs' experts and requested by plaintiffs' counsel in summation
2026 NY Slip Op 05364, at the official text
| Court | Appellate Division, First Department |
|---|---|
| Decided | September 17, 2026 |
| Citation | 2026 NY Slip Op 05364 |
| Area of law | Personal Injury and Negligence |
| Week | Week ending September 19, 2026 |
| Official text | Official decision: 2026 NY Slip Op 05364 |
| Publication status | Slip opinions are uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. |
| Source feed | New York slip opinion page |
| Law Watch record id | 129 |
Recommended citation
ESQ HQ, New York Law Watch, Beauchamp v New York City Tr. Auth., 2026 NY Slip Op 05364 (Appellate Division, First Department, September 17, 2026), https://esqhq.com/decisions/2026-ny-slip-op-05364/
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