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ELIZABETH A. SMITH, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PARENT AND NATURAL GUARDIAN OF STEPHANIE GREENE, UNDER THE AGE OF 14 YEARS, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. RICHARD L. TADSEN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, motion denied and verdict reinstated.

Memorandum:

Supreme Court erred in granting plaintiff's motion to set aside a jury verdict of no cause of action as against the weight of the evidence. "The standard for determining whether a jury's verdict is against the weight of the evidence is whether `"`the evidence so preponderate[d] in favor of the [plaintiff] that [the verdict] could not have been reached on any fair interpretation of the evidence'"'" (Wesolek v. Tops Mkts., 255 A.D.2d 972, quoting Lolik v. Big V Supermarkets, 86 N.Y.2d 744, 746). In this case, a fair interpretation of the evidence supports the jury's finding that defendant was not negligent. The jury could reasonably have credited the testimony of defendant and defendant's expert engineer that plaintiff's daughter did not cross the street at the intersection and that she ran in front of defendant's vehicle.

PRESENT: LAWTON, J. P., HAYES, WISNER, PIGOTT, JR., AND BALIO, JJ.

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SMITH v. TADSEN
(Oct 1, 1999)