Adamsons v. American Airlines, Inc.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Wallach, J.), entered January 7, 1981, after a jury trial, in favor of the plaintiff for $500,000, affirmed, with costs. The single issue presented on this appeal is the legal sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict. On that issue, it is fundamental that plaintiff is entitled to the benefit of every reasonable factual inference consistent with the evidence. The jury could reasonably have found that in conversations that occurred the day before the flight in question between officials of the defendant and a friend acting on behalf of the…