Legal Opinion

Smith v. Tadsen

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 1, 1999PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, motion denied and verdict reinstated. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in granting plaintiffs motion to set aside a jury verdict of no cause of action as against the weight of the evidence. “The standard for determining whether a jury’s verdict is against the weight of the evidence is whether 6 “ ‘the evidence so preponderate [d] in favor of the [plaintiff] that [the verdict] could not have been reached on any fair interpretation of the evidence’ ” ’ ” (Wesolek v Tops Mkts., 255 AD2d 972, 973, quoting Lolik v Big V Supermarkets, 86 NY2d…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Lolik v. Big v. Supermarkets, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1995
  2. Wesolek v. Tops Markets, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Augustine v. DandreaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000

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