Baldwin v. City of New York

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for assault and battery involving excessive use of force, the defendants appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court for the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts, dated March 15, 2000, which (a) reversed an order of the Civil Court, Kings County (R. Mason, J.), entered February 17, 1998, granting that branch of the defendants’ motion pursuant to CPLR 4404 which was to set aside the jury verdict as against the weight of the evidence, (b) denied the defendants’ motion, and (c) reinstated the jury verdict awarding…