Legal Opinion
DiRende v. Cipollaro
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 10, 1996PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lottie Wilkins, J.), entered on or about April 6, 1995, which, after a jury verdict in defendants’ favor, dismissed the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The trial court properly declined to set aside the verdict, which was based upon sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Although the lease did not include the backyard, where plaintiff was injured, as part of the demised premises, the owners’ control of the area is not governed solely by the lease. The court properly instructed that the jury was entitled to…
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