Vecchione v. Amica Mutual Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for the bad faith refusal to settle a personal injury action, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (O’Connell, J.), dated June 28, 1999, which granted the defendant’s motion pursuant to CPLR 4404 to set aside the verdict in favor of the plaintiffs and dismissed the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Where a jury verdict is set aside on the ground that it is not supported by sufficient evidence as a matter of law, the rele*577vant inquiry upon appellate review is whether there existed a valid line of…
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