Pedroza v. City of New York

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Rappaport, J.), dated July 24, 2000, which, upon a jury verdict, is in favor of the plaintiff and against it in the principal amount of $160,000.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

A jury verdict may be set aside only where “there is simply no valid line of reasoning and permissible inferences which could possibly lead rational [people] to the conclusion reached by the jury on the basis of the evidence presented at trial” (Cohen v Hallmark Cards, 45…