Lev v. Chase Manhattan Bank

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), entered May 29, 2001, which, upon the prior grant of defendant’s motion to set aside the jury verdict in plaintiffs favor, dismissed the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

In this action to recover for property allegedly lost from a safe deposit box by reason of defendant bank’s negligence in its capacity as bailee, defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict in plaintiffs favor and dismiss the complaint was properly granted. The inference of negligence drawn by the jury against defendant was not legally sustainable in…