DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the notice of appeal from the order entered January 15, 1999, is deemed an application for leave to appeal, and leave to appeal is granted; and it is further,
ORDERED that the order is reversed, on the law, the motion is denied, the verdict is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, for a trial on the issue of damages; and it is further,
ORDERED that the defendant is awarded one bill of costs.
It is well settled that a verdict should not be set aside as against the weight of the evidence unless the evidence so preponderates in favor of the moving party that the verdict could not have been reached upon any fair interpretation of the evidence (see, Gomez v. Park Donuts, 249 A.D.2d 266; Nicastro v. Park, 113 A.D.2d 129). Measured against this standard, the jury's verdict here should not have been disturbed (see, Pedone v. BB Equipment Co., 239 A.D.2d 397; Nicastro v. Park, supra).
RITTER, J.P., THOMPSON, FEUERSTEIN, and SMITH, JJ., concur.