Wesolek v. Tops Markets, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, motion denied and verdict reinstated. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in granting plaintiffs’ mo*973tion pursuant to CPLR 4404 (a) and setting aside the jury verdict of no cause of action as against the weight of the evidence. The standard for determining whether a jury’s verdict is against the weight of the evidence is whether “ ‘ “the evidence so preponderate [d] in favor of the [plaintiff] that [the verdict] could not have been reached on any fair interpretation of the evidence” ’ ” (Lolik v Big V Supermarkets, 86 NY2d 744, 746). In this…
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- Van Stry v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
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