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17-146. CHIKAKO KAKIHIRA, plf-app, v. 7-ELEVEN STORE, def-res — Judgment (Anthony Cannataro, J.), entered November 1, 2016, affirmed, without costs.

The record establishes that the trial court properly applied the appropriate rules and principles of substantive law and accomplished “substantial justice” in awarding judgment in defendant’s favor dismissing the action (CCA §§1804, 1807). A fair interpretation of the evidence supports the trial court’s finding that the plaintiff failed to establish that the sandwich purchased from defendant’s store was defective and that she became ill as a result of its consumption (see Williams v. White Castle Sys., 4 AD3d 161, 162 [2004]; Valenti v. Great Atl. & Pac. Tea Co., 207 AD2d 340 [1994]). Particularly in the context of small claims cases, the decision of the fact-finding court is entitled to deference where it rests in large measure on considerations relating to the credibility of witnesses (see Williams v. Roper, 269 AD2d 125 [2000], lv dismissed 95 NY2d 898 [2000]).

 
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