In a claim to recover damages for negligence and medical malpractice, the claimant appeals from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Ruderman, J.), dated September 7, 2012, which, after a nonjury trial, awarded him damages in the principal sums of only $1,600 for past pain and suffering and $0 for future pain and suffering.
Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the facts and as a matter of discretion, by deleting the provision thereof awarding damages for past pain and suffering in the principal sum of $1,600 and substituting therefor a provision awarding damages for past pain and suffering in the principal sum of $4,300; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
“ Tn a nonjury case, this court has the power to weigh conflicting testimony and inferences that may be drawn from such testimony and can grant the judgment which upon the ev
Considering the nature of the claimant’s pain and suffering, including his mental anguish concerning his recurring seizure-like episodes accompanied by headaches, dizziness, vomiting, and difficulty breathing, with no diagnosis, and his two hospitalizations over a 43-day period, we find the award for past pain and suffering of the principal sum of $1,600 to be inadequate, and accordingly increase that award to the principal sum of $4,300.
However, the trial court properly declined to grant the claimant an award for future pain and suffering (see Mosberg v Elahi, 80 NY2d 941 [1992]; Tatta v State of New York, 19 AD3d 817, 818 [2005]).
