Case Name: Ruth S. Harris, Appellant, v. William Stoelzel et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2012-06-08
Citations: 96 A.D.3d 1459
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ruth S. Harris, Appellant, v William Stoelzel et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 96
Pages: 1459–1460

Head Matter:
Ruth S. Harris, Appellant, v William Stoelzel et al., Respondents.
[945 NYS2d 910]

Opinion:
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Cayuga County (Thomas G. Leone, A.J.), entered March 30, 2011. The judgment dismissed the complaint upon a jury verdict.
It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Plaintiff commenced this action seeking, inter alia, a judgment declaring that she acquired an easement by prescription on three portions of defendants' property, for the benefit of her property. Following a trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of defendants. Plaintiff failed to preserve for our review her contention that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence inasmuch as she failed to make a timely motion to set aside the verdict on that ground (see Murdoch v Niagara Falls Bridge Commn., 81 AD3d 1456, 1457 [2011], lv denied 17 NY3d 702 [2011]; Homan v Herzig [appeal No. 2], 55 AD3d 1413, 1413-1414 [2008]). In any event, it cannot be said that "the evidence so preponderated in favor of the plaintiff that [the verdict] could not have been reached on any fair interpretation of the evidence" (Martinez v Wascom, 57 AD3d 1415, 1416 [2008] [internal quotation marks omitted]; see Manouselis v Woodworth Realty, LLC, 83 AD3d 801 [2011]; see generally Lolik v Big V Supermarkets, 86 NY2d 744, 746 [1995]). Present — Scudder, P.J., Centra, Peradotto, Carni and Lindley, JJ.