Roman v. City of New York

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for false arrest and deprivation of civil rights pursuant to 42 USC § 1983, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Bunyan, J.), dated October 19, 2004, which granted the defendants’ application pursuant to CPLR 4401, made upon the close of the evidence at trial, for judgment as a matter of law dismissing the complaint and, in effect, denied his cross application pursuant to CPLR 4401, made upon the close of the evidence at trial, for judgment as a matter of law on the issue of liability on the cause of action to…