Exarhouleas v Green 317 Madison, LLC |
2007 NY Slip Op 10515 [46 AD3d 854] |
December 26, 2007 |
Appellate Division, Second Department |
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
Peter Exarhouleas et al., Appellants-Respondents, v Green 317 Madison, LLC, Respondent, and TGI Friday's, Inc., et al., Respondents-Appellants. |
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Thomas D. Hughes, New York, N.Y. (Richard C. Rubinstein and David D. Hess of counsel),
for respondents-appellants.
Perez, Furey & Varvaro, Uniondale, N.Y. (Denise A. Cariello of counsel), for
respondent.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
A jury verdict should not be set aside as against the weight of the evidence unless the jury could not have reached the verdict by any fair interpretation of the evidence (see Lolik v Big V [*2]Supermarkets, 86 NY2d 744, 746 [1995]; Harris v Marlow, 18 AD3d 608, 610 [2005]; Torres v Esaian, 5 AD3d 670, 671 [2004]). Whether a jury verdict should be set aside as contrary to the weight of the evidence does not involve a question of law, but rather requires a discretionary balancing of many factors (see Cohen v Hallmark Cards, 45 NY2d 493, 498 [1978]). It is for the jury to make determinations as to the credibility of the witnesses, and great deference in this regard is accorded to the jury, which had the opportunity to see and hear the witnesses (see Bertelle v New York City Tr. Auth., 19 AD3d 343 [2005]; Corcoran v People's Ambulette Serv., 237 AD2d 402, 403 [1997]).
Here, the jury's determination that the defendants TGI Friday's, Inc., and National 42nd St. Realty, Inc., were not negligent was not against the weight of the evidence.
The plaintiffs' remaining contention is without merit.
In light of the foregoing, the Supreme Court properly dismissed, as academic, the cross claim asserted by the defendants TGI Friday's, Inc., and National 42nd St. Realty, Inc., against the defendant Green 317 Madison, LLC. Crane, J.P., Rivera, Florio and Balkin, JJ., concur.