Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from by the County of Rockland, on the law, without costs or disbursements, that branch of the County's motion which was to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against it is granted, and the motion is otherwise denied as academic; and it is further,
Ordered that the appeal by Duane K. Boos from the order is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements, in light of our determination on the appeal from the judgment; and it is further,
Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, the facts, and in the exercise of discretion, by (1) deleting the provisions thereof awarding damages against the County of Rockland, (2) adding a provision thereto dismissing the complaint against the County of Rockland, and (3) deleting the provision thereof awarding damages in the principal sum of $1,000,000 for pain and suffering against Duane K. Boos; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed, and a new trial is granted against Duane K. Boos on the issue of damages for pain and suffering only unless within 30 days after service upon the plaintiff's of a copy of this decision and order, the plaintiff's shall serve and file in the office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court, Rockland County, a written stipulation consenting to reduce the verdict as to damages for pain and suffering from the principal sum of $1,000,000 to the principal sum of $350,000, and to the entry of an appropriate amended judgment against Duane K. Boos accordingly; in the event that the plaintiff's so stipulate, then the judgment, as so modified, reduced, and amended, is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The decedent was struck by a vehicle driven by the defendant Duane K. Boos traveling northbound on North Middletown Road in Orangetown, New York as she crossed the county roadway. Mr. Boos did not see the decedent in the roadway, and he did not stop after the collision. There were no other witnesses to the occurrence. Despite the plaintiff's' claim that the presence of a mid-block pedestrian ramp approved by the defendant County of Rockland and the absence of a corresponding marked crosswalk or pedestrian crossing signs at that location contributed to the accident, there was no evidence adduced at trial that the decedent utilized the pedestrian ramp to cross the roadway. Accordingly, the Supreme Court should have granted that branch of the County's motion which was to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against it, as there was no evidence from which a rational juror could have found that the conduct of the County was a proximate cause of the accident ( see Mirand v City of New York, 84 NY2d 44, 51; Bernstein v City of New York, 69 NY2d 1020; Cohen v Hallmark Cards, 45 NY2d 493).
The plaintiff's met their burden of proving that the decedent was conscious for at least some period of time following the accident, and thus an award of damages for pain and suffering was justified ( see Cummins v County of Onondaga, 84 NY2d 322, 324). However, the amount of damages awarded by the jury deviated materially from what would otherwise be reasonable compensation to the extent indicated herein ( see CPLR 5501 [c]; Rodd v Luxfer USA, 272 AD2d 535, 536; Donofrio v Montalbano, 240 AD2d 617; Portaro v Gerber, 217 AD2d 539).
The parties' remaining contentions either are without merit or need not be reached in light of our determination.