Cardin v. Christie
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Plaintiffs commenced this action to recover damages for injuries allegedly sustained by Maureen D. Cardin (plaintiff) when the vehicle she was driving was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by Ellen E. Christie (defendant). Following a jury verdict in defendants’ favor, plaintiffs moved for judgment as a matter of law and to set aside the verdict as contrary to the weight of the evidence (see, CPLR 4404 [a]). “[I]n any case in which it can be said that the evidence is such that it would not be utterly irrational for a jury to reach…
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