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LISA OTERO, Appellant, v. RODNEY HYATT, Respondent.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

This negligence action arises from an incident which occurred late in the evening of August 29, 1991, when the plaintiff allegedly fell out of the defendant's moving car as she proceeded to open the door with the intention of quickly and properly reclosing it. Although the defendant's vehicle was equipped with seat belts, the plaintiff was not wearing one at the time. At the conclusion of trial, the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the defendant, finding that although he was negligent, his negligence was not a proximate cause of the plaintiffs injuries.

The plaintiff contends that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence. We disagree. A verdict in favor of a defendant should not be set aside unless "the jury could not have reached its verdict on any fair interpretation of the evidence" ( Delgado v Board of Educ., 65 AD2d 547, affd 48 NY2d 643; Nicastro v Park, 113 AD2d 129, 134).

The plaintiffs remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review ( see, CPLR 4110-b) or without merit.

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OTERO v. HYATT
(Jan 13, 1997)