NY S00410

Prohibits courts from ordering new trials or reducing jury awards in employment discrimination cases on grounds the award was excessive, unless exceptional circumstances prove the jury was influenced by partiality, prejudice, mistake, or corruption

Establishes that jury verdicts in employment discrimination cases under the New York Human Rights Law are presumed correct and must be reviewed in the light most favorable to sustaining the verdict

Requires courts to give primary weight to the remedial purpose of anti-discrimination laws when evaluating whether to modify jury awards

Bars courts from using comparisons to other damage awards, the "material deviation" standard, or judges' personal knowledge from prior cases to limit employment discrimination verdicts

Applies to all pending cases where a verdict has not yet been reached, as well as all claims filed on or after the effective date