The First Department has affirmed a lower court's ruling reducing a $200,000 jury verdict to zero in an auto accident case on grounds that the jury ignored instructions to stop deliberating if it concluded the defendant's negligence was not a "substantial factor" in causing the accident.
January 05, 2015 at 12:00 AM
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The Appellate Division, First Department, has affirmed a lower court’s ruling reducing a $200,000 jury verdict to zero in an auto accident case on grounds that the jury ignored instructions to stop deliberating if it concluded the defendant’s negligence was not a “substantial factor” in causing the accident.
The unanimous ruling in Alcantara v. Knight, 105585/07, upheld Manhattan Supreme Court Acting Justice Margaret Chan’s decision, which came after a five-day trial.
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