It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Supreme Court properly granted plaintiffs' motion to set aside the verdict on damages and for a new trial (see CPLR 4404 [a]). The record establishes that the court failed to instruct the jury to disregard its apportionment of fault in calculating the amount of damages (see P.JI 2:36.2). That error was so fundamental as to preclude a proper consideration...
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