Case Name: Hollye D. Powell, Respondent, v. City of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2014-04-22
Citations: 116 A.D.3d 589
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hollye D. Powell, Respondent, v City of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 116
Pages: 589–589

Head Matter:
Hollye D. Powell, Respondent, v City of New York, Appellant.
[983 NYS2d 787]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Kibble F. Payne, J.), entered November 9, 2012, which granted plaintiff's motion pursuant to CPLR 4404 (a) to set aside a jury verdict in defendant's favor, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, and the motion denied. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment dismissing the complaint.
The jury's verdict, that plaintiff's slip-and-fall accident was not a proximate cause of her injuries, was based on a fair interpretation of the evidence (see Grassi v Ulrich, 87 NY2d 954, 956 [1996]; Goldstein v Snyder, 3 AD3d 332, 334 [1st Dept 2004]). Indeed, plaintiff's own doctor testified that her degenerative disc disease predated the accident, and that she had a normal neurological exam after the accident. Concur — Mazzarelli, J.P, Friedman, DeGrasse, Freedman and Kapnick, JJ.