Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is granted, with costs to abide the event.
If a jury charge is "ambiguous, inconsistent, erroneous, confusing, one-sided, incomplete or overly technical a new trial will be ordered if prejudice has resulted to any party" (Smith v Midwood Realty Assoc.,
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