Order of the Appellate Term reversed on the law and on the facts, and new trial granted, with costs to defendant to abide the event.
In our opinion, defendant's motion to set aside the verdict as against the weight of the evidence should have been granted and a new trial ordered. It is the duty of the trial court to maintain a "`reasonable consistency between the weight of evidence and the verdict reached'" (Cook v. Lewis, 285 App. Div. 1201, 1202; Mann...
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