Smith v. Tadsen
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
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
- Lolik v. Big v. Supermarkets, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1995
- Wesolek v. Tops Markets, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
3Cited by1 opinion
- Augustine v. DandreaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000