Rossi v. Hartford Fire Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— In an action to recover on a fire insurance policy, plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Burchell, J.), dated April 27, 1982, which is in favor of defendants, upon a jury verdict. 11 Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event. 11 There was an abundance of evidence from which a jury could find that plaintiff willfully participated in the burning of her dwelling. However, we are constrained to order a new trial based upon a substantial error in the trial court’s charge (see Yandian v Merlis, 34 AD2d 582, 583). H…
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