We also note that the record does not support defendants' contention that the court treated the settlement offer as a major factor, let alone the "sole criterion", in setting aside the verdict. Nor have defendants shown that the court merely substituted its judgment for that of the jury, or that it ignored the mandate that a jury verdict not be set aside unless it could not have been reached on any fair interpretation of the evidence (see, Niewieroski v National...
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