Legal Opinion

Chen v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 7, 2009PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In an action to recover damages for false arrest and for a violation of 42 USC § 1983, the plaintiff appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kerrigan, J.), dated October 1, *5432007, as denied his motion, in effect, pursuant to CPLR 4404 (a) to set aside a jury verdict on the issue of damages as contrary to the weight of the evidence and denied his separate postverdict motion for an order directing the defendants to pay his attorney’s fees.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

A jury verdict “should be…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Johnson v. BlumNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. Shaw v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  3. Gutierrez v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  4. Riley v. DowlingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  5. Chen v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 2007

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. DePaula v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  2. Bryant v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  3. Degregorio v. Richmond Italian Pavillion, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  4. McMahan v. McMahanNew York Supreme Court · 2016

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