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Internally Inconsistent Verdict Properly Set Aside

The Fourth Department determined Supreme Court properly set aside the verdict and ordered a new trial.  The jury had found that plaintiff’s negligence was not a substantial factor in causing her injuries but attributed 30% of the fault to the plaintiff:

…[W]e conclude that the verdict was internally inconsistent inasmuch as the jury found that plaintiff’s negligence was not a substantial factor in causing her injuries, but also attributed 30% of the fault to plaintiff … . Such an internal inconsistency in a verdict can be remedied “only . . . upon further consideration by the jury . . . or by a new trial” … . Here, of course, the jury had been discharged by the time of plaintiff’s motion, and thus it was too late to require the jury to reconsider its answers to the interrogatories on the verdict sheet.

Although plaintiff failed to object to the inconsistency in the verdict before the jury was discharged …, we conclude that, under the circumstances of this case, the court did not abuse its discretion in setting aside the verdict and ordering a new trial … . Allen v Lowczus, 2014 NY Slip Op 04288, 4th Dept 6-13-14

 

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