Legal Opinion
Cedeno v. McNulty
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 17, 2007PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Bayne, J.), dated October 7, 2005, which denied their motion pursuant to CFLR 4404 (a) to set aside a jury verdict in favor of the defendant on the issue of liability as against the weight of the evidence.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
A jury verdict in favor of a defendant should not be set aside as against the weight of the evidence unless the evidence preponderates so heavily in the plaintiffs favor that the verdict could not have been…
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