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Zhang v. Lesser

Appellate Term of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 11, 2010
2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 50394 (N.Y. App. Term 2010)

Opinion

570700/09.

Decided March 11, 2010.

Plaintiff appeals from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County (Barbara Jaffe, J.), entered March 20, 2009, after a nonjury trial, in favor of defendant dismissing the action.

PRESENT: McKeon, P.J., Shulman, Hunter, JJ.


Order (Barbara Jaffe, J.), entered March 20, 2009, affirmed, without costs.

On a nonjury trial, the decision of the fact-finding court should not be disturbed on appeal unless the court's conclusions could not have been reached under any fair interpretation of the evidence ( see Thoreson v Penthouse Intl., Ltd., 80 NY2d 490, 495). Here, the weight of the credible evidence supports the trial court's finding that defendant's alleged negligence was not a proximate cause of the intersection collision. We find no basis to disturb Civil Court's finding, which rested primarily on considerations relating to the credibility of the witnesses ( see Claridge Gardens v Menotti, 160 AD2d 544). We have examined plaintiff's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.

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Summaries of

Zhang v. Lesser

Appellate Term of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 11, 2010
2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 50394 (N.Y. App. Term 2010)
Case details for

Zhang v. Lesser

Case Details

Full title:DAQUEN ZHANG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VICTOR A. LESSER…

Court:Appellate Term of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Mar 11, 2010

Citations

2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 50394 (N.Y. App. Term 2010)
907 N.Y.S.2d 436