DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is reversed, on the law, the motion is denied, and a new trial on the issue of liability only is granted, with costs to abide the event. The jury's finding as to damages is affirmed.
To be entitled to judgment as a matter of law, a plaintiff has the burden of showing that, upon the evidence presented, there is no rational process by which the jury could find in favor of the defendant (see State Farm Ins. Co. v. Amana Refrig., 266 A.D.2d 372). Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the defendants and affording them every favorable inference to be drawn therefrom (see Szczerbiak v. Pilat, 90 N.Y.2d 553), the plaintiffs were not entitled to judgment as a matter of law on the issue of liability. There was sufficient evidence presented from which a rational juror could conclude that the plaintiff driver was comparatively negligent. Under the circumstances, the trial court should have submitted the issue of liability to the jury (see Singer v. Long Is. Light. Co., 211 A.D.2d 779).
The defendants' remaining contention is without merit.
FEUERSTEIN, J.P., KRAUSMAN, McGINITY and MASTRO, JJ., concur.