Blackburn v. Eastman Kodak Co.

—Order and judgment ■unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly granted defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. It is well established that, to be entitled to judgment as a matter of law, “the defendant-movant must demonstrate that the plaintiff failed to make out a prima facie case; the plaintiffs evidence must be accepted as true, and the plaintiff must be given the benefit of every favorable inference which can be reasonably drawn from the evidence” (Campbell v Rogers & Wells, 218 AD2d 576, 580; see, Napolitano v Dhingra, 249 AD2d 523, 524). Only when there…