Legal Opinion
Rivera v. New York City Transit Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 14, 2012PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*517Defendant’s argument that plaintiffs counsel’s reference, in summation, to the apportionment of liability warranted a mistrial is unpreserved (see Lucian v Schwartz, 55 AD3d 687, 689 [2008], lv denied 12 NY3d 703 [2009]). In any event, the jury is presumed to have understood and followed the court’s extensive curative instructions (see Martelly v New York City Health & Hosps. Corp., 276 AD2d 373 [2000]).
The trial court’s procedure of randomly drawing an alternate juror to substitute for a discharged juror, rather than substituting an alternate juror sequentially according to the designation…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lucian v. SchwartzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- Martelly v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- Lowenstein v. Normandy Group, LLCAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- Alicea v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- Xi Yu v. New York University Medical CenterNew York Supreme Court · 2004
3Cited by7 opinions
- Deguilme v. New York City Tr. Auth.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2022
- Grinberg v. C&L Contracting Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
- Grinberg v. C&L Contracting Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
- Martinez v. Metropolitan Transp. Auth.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018
- Micky v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.