Bernstein v. Berman

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County entered on May 6, 1969, in this assault action, pursuant to directed verdict for the defendant at the end of the case, reversed, on the law, the judgment vacated and a new trial directed, with costs and disbursements to abide the event. On a motion by defendant for a directed verdict, the facts adduced at the trial must he considered in the light most favorable to plaintiff. The plaintiff testified that she was walking in the vicinity of the Columbia University Campus when the defendant about to serve a summons on her grabbed her by the collar of…