Barreca v. Monadnock Constr., Inc.

Full title: Michael Barreca, appellant, v. Monadnock Construction, Inc., et al.…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department

Date published: Aug 26, 2015

2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 6649 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)

Opinion

2014-00376

08-26-2015

Michael Barreca, appellant, v. Monadnock Construction, Inc., et al., respondents.

Massimo & Panetta, P.C., Mineola, N.Y. (Frank C. Panetta of counsel), for appellant. Hammill, O'Brien, Croutier, Dempsey, Pender & Koehler, P.C., Syosset, N.Y. (Anton Piotroski of counsel), for respondents.

REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.

RUTH C. BALKIN

ROBERT J. MILLER

HECTOR D. LASALLE, JJ. (Index No. 9376/10)

Massimo & Panetta, P.C., Mineola, N.Y. (Frank C. Panetta of counsel), for appellant.

Hammill, O'Brien, Croutier, Dempsey, Pender & Koehler, P.C., Syosset, N.Y. (Anton Piotroski of counsel), for respondents.

DECISION & ORDER

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Silber, J.), dated October 17, 2013, which denied his motion pursuant to CPLR 4404(a) to set aside a jury verdict in favor of the defendants on the issue of liability and for a new trial.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Contrary to the plaintiff's contentions, the defense counsel's comments during his summation were either fair comments on the evidence or were isolated comments that did not deprive the plaintiff of a fair trial (see generally Jean-Louis v City of New York, 86 AD3d 628, 629; Alston v Sunharbor Manor, LLC, 48 AD3d 600, 603; cf. Boyd v Blessey, 96 AD2d 816, 817).

RIVERA, J.P., BALKIN, MILLER and LASALLE, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court