Increased damages
Rule 4018. Increased damages. Where increased damages are granted by statute, the decision, report or verdict shall specify the sum awarded as single damages, and judgment shall be entered for the increased amount.
Where a statute grants increased (multiplied) damages, the decision/report/verdict must state the single-damages sum, and judgment is entered for the increased amount. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 2 — The JG-22 CPLR and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.