Jean-Louis v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
For a reviewing court to determine that a jury’s verdict is not supported by legally sufficient evidence, it must conclude that there is “simply no valid line of reasoning and permissible inferences” by which the jury could have rationally reached its verdict on the basis of the evidence presented at trial (Cohen v Hallmark Cards, 45 NY2d 493, 499 [1978]; see Szczerbiak v Pilat, 90 NY2d 553, 556 [1997]). In addition, a jury verdict should not be set aside as contrary to the weight of the evidence unless the jury could not have reached the verdict by any fair interpretation of the evidence…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Cohen v. Hallmark Cards, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1978
- Nicastro v. ParkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- Lolik v. Big v. Supermarkets, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1995
- Szczerbiak v. PilatNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
- De Long v. County of ErieNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
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