Owens v. City of New York

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant City of New York appeals, by permission, from an amended order of the Appellate Term, Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts, dated July 11, 2003, which affirmed a judgment of the Civil Court, Kings County (Waltrous, J.), entered October 11, 2000, which, upon a jury verdict, and upon an order of the same court dated April 4, 2000, denying its motion, inter alia, to set aside the verdict pursuant to CPLR 4404, is in favor of the plaintiff and against it in the principal sum of $550,000.

*553Ordered that the amended order is…