Opinion
CA 03-00456.
February 11, 2004.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Monroe County (Robert J. Lunn, J.), entered September 4, 2002. The order granted plaintiff's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict on the issue of liability and for a new trial on the issue of damages only in a personal injury action.
EGGER LEEGANT, ROCHESTER (JO ANNE LEEGANT OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
KAMAN, BERLOVE, MARAFIOTI, JACOBSTEIN GOLDMAN, LLP, ROCHESTER (STEVEN A. MAAS OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT.
Before: PRESENT: GREEN, J.P., SCUDDER, GORSKI, LAWTON, AND HAYES, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously reversed on the law without costs, the motion is denied and the verdict is reinstated.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from an order granting plaintiff's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict on the issue of liability and for a new trial on the issue of damages only. The evidence at trial establishes that defendant was driving well under the posted speed limit and that the roads were icy and snow-covered. It was an issue of fact whether defendant was driving too fast for the conditions ( see Vadala v. Carroll, 91 A.D.2d 865, affd 59 N.Y.2d 751). Consequently, we reverse the order, deny the motion and reinstate the verdict.