Syrkett v. Burden
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Kutner, J.), dated September 7, 1989, which denied her motion to set aside a jury verdict against her and in favor of the defendant as contrary to the weight of the evidence.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
It is well settled that a jury verdict will be set aside as contrary to the weight of the evidence only when the jury could not have reached its verdict on any fair interpretation of the evidence (see, Cohen v Hallmark Cards, 45 NY2d 493;…
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