Opinion
October 6, 1997
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hutcherson, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court was correct in denying the plaintiff's motion to set aside the verdict as against the weight of the evidence. Despite the divergent versions of how the rear-end vehicular collision occurred, we find that a reasonable view of the evidence supports a finding that the plaintiff's vehicle came to an abrupt stop in an intersection after the traffic officer had waved to her to proceed, and that the defendant Douglas Hagan could not have avoided the collision ( see, Gross v. Napoli, 216 A.D.2d 524; Koopersmith v. General Motors Corp., 63 A.D.2d 1013, 1014). The jury verdict finding that the defendants were not negligent in the happening of this accident was reached by a fair interpretation of the evidence ( see, Nicastro v. Park, 113 A.D.2d 129, 134; Glick v. Hittner Sons, 111 A.D.2d 150).
Bracken, J.P., Pizzuto, Altman and Krausman, JJ., concur.