Opinion
2002-04580
Argued September 22, 2003.
October 27, 2003.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Belen, J.), entered April 24, 2002, which, upon a jury verdict, is in favor of the defendant New York City Housing Authority and against them on the issue of liability.
DiJoseph Portegello, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Arnold E. DiJoseph III of counsel), for appellants.
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman Dicker, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Cynthia Holfester-Neugebauer, Meredith Drucker, and Richard E. Lerner of counsel), for respondent.
Before: DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., ANITA R. FLORIO, SONDRA MILLER, DANIEL F. LUCIANO, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
Contrary to the plaintiffs' contentions, the court's charge to the jury, taken as a whole ( see Price v. New York City Hous. Auth., 92 N.Y.2d 553), properly instructed the jury on the applicable legal standards ( see Novikova v. Greenbriar Owners Corp., 258 A.D.2d 149; Burgos v. Aqueduct Realty Corp., 92 N.Y.2d 544).
Furthermore, the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence ( see Nicastro v. Park, 113 A.D.2d 129).
RITTER, J.P., FLORIO, S. MILLER and LUCIANO, JJ., concur.