Opinion
Argued May 16, 2000.
July 31, 2000.
In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Goldstein, J.), entered January 22, 1999, which, upon a jury verdict, is in favor of the defendant and against them, dismissing the complaint.
Ginsberg Broome, LLP (Seligson, Rothman Rothman, New York, N Y [Martin S. Rothman, Robert M. Ginsberg, and Alyne I. Diamond] of counsel), for appellants.
Shaub, Ahmuty, Citrin Spratt, LLP, Lake Success, N.Y. (Steven J. Ahmuty, Jr., and Stefan Kalina of counsel), for respondent.
Before: DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., THOMAS R. SULLIVAN, ANITA R. FLORIO, SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
A verdict in favor of a defendant should not be set aside as against the weight of the credible evidence unless the preponderance in favor of the plaintiff was so great that the finding in favor of the defendant could not have been reached upon any fair interpretation of the evidence (see, Cerasuoli v. Brevetti, 166 A.D.2d 403, 404; Olsen v. Chase Manhattan Bank, 10 A.D.2d 539, affd 9 N.Y.2d 829 Nicastro v. Park, 113 A.D.2d 129). Here, the jury was entitled to accept the opinion of the defendant's witness that the defendant did not depart from good and accepted standards of medicine in the treatment of the infant plaintiff's asthma. Thus, it cannot be said that the verdict in the defendant's favor could not have been reached by a fair interpretation of the evidence.
The plaintiffs' remaining contentions are without merit.