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Zawcki v. County of Nassau11/25/2002
d physical training, guidance and assistance that would have given to the children had she lived." The verdict sheet did not include a separate line for this item of damages, and it is possible that the awards to the children include some amounts attributable to the children's loss of maternal guidance, rather than to their loss of income that the decedent would have earned in her profession, which was the focus of the testimony given by the plaintiff's expert. Considering the awards in this light, we find that they were not excessive (see e.g. Bryant v. New York City Health and Hosp. Corp., 250 AD2d 797 [award of $850,000 for loss of future parental guidance; award of $303,333 for loss of future earnings]; Klos v. New York City Tr. Auth., 240 AD2d 635 [award of $1,354,000 for loss of future earnings; award of $250,000 per child for past and future loss of parental guidance]; see also Facilla v New York City Health and Hosp. Corp., 221 AD2d 498; cf. Altmajer v Morley, 274 AD2d 364).
The defendant's remaining contention is without merit.
PRUDENTI, P.J., ALTMAN, FRIEDMANN and RIVERA, JJ., concur.
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