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Verdict Finding Defendant’s Negligence Was Not the Proximate Cause of the Injury Set Aside as Against the Weight of the Evidence—Criteria Explained

The Second Department affirmed the setting aside of a liability verdict as against the weight of the evidence.  The jury had found the defendant negligent but determined the negligence was not the proximate cause of the injury. The court explained the relevant criteria:

A jury verdict should not be set aside as contrary to the weight of the evidence unless the jury could not have reached the verdict by any fair interpretation of the evidence … . A jury’s finding that a party was at fault but that such fault was not a proximate cause of the accident is inconsistent and against the weight of the evidence only when the issues are so inextricably interwoven as to make it logically impossible to find negligence without also finding proximate cause … .

Under the circumstances of this case, the jury’s finding that the defendants were negligent but that their negligence was not a substantial factor in causing the subject accident was not supported by a fair interpretation of the evidence … . Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the plaintiff’s motion pursuant to CPLR 4404(a) to set aside the jury verdict as contrary to the weight of the evidence and for a new trial. Batista v Bogopa Serv Corp, 2014 NY Slip Op 06933, 2nd Dept 10-15-14

 

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