Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the complaint is reinstated.
When charging a jury, "`[t]o say to a minority that they should re-examine their views in the light of the opinion held by the majority, without putting a like duty on the majority respecting the opinion of the minority, is wrong. The minority may be right and the majority wrong'" (Field v Field, 283 App Div 372, 374, quoting Acunto v Equitable Life Assur. Socy...
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