Brown v. Lawrence

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Cozzens, Jr., J.), entered January 13, 2003, which, upon a jury verdict in her favor on the issue of liability and upon the granting of the defendants’ motion, in effect, pursuant to CPLR 4401 to dismiss the complaint for failure to establish a prima facie case, made at the close of the plaintiffs case and renewed at the close of trial, dismissed the complaint. Justice Howard Miller has been substituted for Justice Robert W. Schmidt (see 22 NYCRR 670.1 [c]).

Ordered…