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PURSUANT TO THE DOCTRINE OF LACHES, THE DEFENDANT CITY WAS NOT ENTITLED TO THE LOWER 5.76% INTEREST RATE ON THE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR JUDGMENT; THE TRIAL JUDGE PROPERLY IMPOSED THE 9% INTEREST RATE PURSUANT TO CPLR 5004 (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department reduced the multimillion dollar damages award in this lawsuit by a student severely burned during a chemistry demonstration at his public high school. The trial judge properly imposed a 9% interest rate on the judgment because the defendant city was late (laches) in seeking the lower interest rate (5.75%) authorized by law:

[The judgment] awarding the principal sums of $29,585,000 million for past pain and suffering and $29,585,000 for future pain and suffering over 54 years, plus 9% interest, unanimously modified, on the facts, to vacate the awards … , and remand for a new trial of those issues, unless plaintiff stipulates … to reduce the awards for past pain and suffering to $12,000,000 and for future pain and suffering to $17,000,000 … . * * *

… [D]efendants … should have formally moved to compute interest on the verdict at a lower rate than 9% … . This way, plaintiff would have had the opportunity to submit proof to the contrary, and the court could have ordered a hearing if necessary … . Given defendants’ laches in seeking to avail themselves of a lower interest rate authorized by law, Supreme Court providently declined to depart from CPLR 5004’s presumptive 9% interest rate … . Yvonne Y. v City of New York, 2021 NY Slip Op 06468, First Dept 11-18-21

 

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