DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is modified, on the facts and as an exercise of discretion, by deleting the provision thereof awarding the plaintiff Joseph J. Neils damages for future pain and suffering, and granting a new trial with respect thereto; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs payable to the appellant, unless within 30 days after service upon him of a copy of this decision and order, with notice of entry, the plaintiff Joseph J. Neils shall serve and file in the office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court, Putnam County, a written stipulation consenting to reduce the verdict as to damages for future pain and suffering from the sum of $315,000 to the sum of $200,000, and to the entry of an amended judgment accordingly; in the event that the plaintiff Joseph J. Neils so stipulates, then the judgment, as so reduced and amended, is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
The award of damages for future pain and suffering for an injury to the nondominant hand of the plaintiff Joseph J. Neils, leaving him with intermittent pain, slight loss of sensation, and some diminished range of motion, deviates materially from what would be reasonable compensation to the extent indicated herein (see, CPLR 5501[c]).