United States Second Circuit

The proper approach when a court is faced with seemingly inconsistent verdicts is not to credit one finding and vacate the other, but to adopt a view of the case that resolves any seeming inconsistency or order a new trial.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/05/2001
• Decided 05/31/2001
• Published 05/31/2001

Judges

• KATZMANN, Circuit Judge:, Before: KEARSE, CABRANES, KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John G. Powers, Hancock & Estabrook, Syracuse, NY, (Edward G. Melvin, Costello, Cooney & Fearon, Syracuse, NY, on the brief) for Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee., Louis Orbach, Bond, Shoeneck & King, Syracuse, NY, for Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.