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Chandler v. City of New York
Citations: 271 A.D.2d 567; 708 N.Y.S.2d 298; 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4299
Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York; April 17, 2000; New York; State Appellate Court
In a personal injury case, defendants appealed a Supreme Court, Kings County order that set aside a jury verdict in their favor and granted a new trial. The appellate court reversed this order, stating that a jury's verdict should only be overturned if no fair interpretation of the evidence could support it. The court found that, under a fair interpretation of the evidence presented, the jury could reasonably have reached a verdict for the defendants. Consequently, the original court's decision to set aside the jury's verdict was deemed erroneous. The judges concurred in this decision.