context: . Although the average victim of malicious prosecution may not have experienced such a high degree of stress and anxiety from Trigg's malicious prosecution, "a defendant must take a plaintiff as [s]he finds him" and, therefore, is responsible for the harm she inflicts on a person even if that harm is exacerbated by the person's unknown infirmities.
citation_a.signal: no signal
citation_a.parenthetical: reversing the trial court's grant of remittitur on a jury award of $500,000 for a plaintiff who sustained minor physical injuries and an "acute psychotic breakdown" resulting from a car accident
citation_a.sentence: Bartolone v. Jeckovich, 103 A.D.2d 632, 481 N.Y.S.2d 545, 546-47 (4th Dep't 1984) (reversing the trial court’s grant of remittitur on a jury award of $500,000 for a plaintiff who sustained minor physical injuries and an “acute psychotic breakdown” resulting from a car accident) (citing McCahill v. New York Transp. Co., 201 N.Y. 221, 94 N.E. 616 (1911)); cf. Steinhauser v. Hertz Corp., 421 F.2d 1169, 1172 (2d Cir.1970) (Friendly, /.) (reversing a verdict in defendant's favor on the ground that the plaintiff’s theory of the case — that a defendant is liable for the emergence of schizophrenia resulting from the emotional trauma suffered by a passenger in a minor car accident caused by the defendant— is legally valid); Williams v. Bright, 230 A.D.2d 548, 658 N.Y.S.2d 910, 912 n. 2 (1st Dep’t 1997) (recognizing that the "eggshell skull doctrine" is "traditionally [applied] to a plaintiff's preexisting physical condition, mental illness or psychological disability” (internal citations omitted)).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 421 F.2d 1169, 1172
citation_b.parenthetical: reversing a verdict in defendant's favor on the ground that the plaintiff's theory of the case -- that a defendant is liable for the emergence of schizophrenia resulting from the emotional trauma suffered by a passenger in a minor car accident caused by the defendant-- is legally valid
citation_b.sentence: Bartolone v. Jeckovich, 103 A.D.2d 632, 481 N.Y.S.2d 545, 546-47 (4th Dep't 1984) (reversing the trial court’s grant of remittitur on a jury award of $500,000 for a plaintiff who sustained minor physical injuries and an “acute psychotic breakdown” resulting from a car accident) (citing McCahill v. New York Transp. Co., 201 N.Y. 221, 94 N.E. 616 (1911)); cf. Steinhauser v. Hertz Corp., 421 F.2d 1169, 1172 (2d Cir.1970) (Friendly, /.) (reversing a verdict in defendant's favor on the ground that the plaintiff’s theory of the case — that a defendant is liable for the emergence of schizophrenia resulting from the emotional trauma suffered by a passenger in a minor car accident caused by the defendant— is legally valid); Williams v. Bright, 230 A.D.2d 548, 658 N.Y.S.2d 910, 912 n. 2 (1st Dep’t 1997) (recognizing that the "eggshell skull doctrine" is "traditionally [applied] to a plaintiff's preexisting physical condition, mental illness or psychological disability” (internal citations omitted)).