Linson v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for assault, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Ruchelsman, J.), dated February 15, 2011, which granted the defendant’s motion pursuant to CPLR 4404 to set aside a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff and for judgment as a matter of law.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
A motion pursuant to CPLR 4404 (a) to set aside a jury verdict and for judgment as a matter of law will be granted where there *1003is no valid line of reasoning and permissible inferences which could possibly lead rational persons to the…
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