Corey v. Powell

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered May 30, 1975 in Columbia County, upon a verdict rendered at a Trial Term in favor of plaintiff. The defendant’s sole contention on this appeal is that the verdict was contrary to the credible evidence. We disagree. We have no right to invade the province of the jury by interfering with its verdict unless that verdict is clearly against the weight of the evidence and by that is meant "no reasonable person would solve the litigation in the way the jury has chosen to do” (Rapant v Ogsbury, 279 App Div 298, 299). While the record reveals…