Legal Opinion
Nesbit v. New York City Transit Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 22, 1991PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Asch, J.
This is a case which as been tried twice. A verdict for the defendant in the first trial was vacated by the Trial Justice (affd 130 AD2d 986). The second trial resulted in a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff but that Trial Justice set aside the plaintiff’s verdict and directed judgment for the defendant. It is unfortunate that the parties have been subjected to the trauma and expense of this extensive litigation. However, we reinstate the jury determination in favor of the plaintiff on more substantial grounds than these. The Trial Justice erred in granting…
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