Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1994

Jinarain v. Westinghouse Elevator Co.

Jinarain v. Westinghouse Elevator Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided December 1, 1994
210 A.D.2d 18; 619 N.Y.S.2d 563; 1994 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11845
Jinarain v. Westinghouse Elevator Co.

Opinion of the Court

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Leland DeGrasse, J.), entered on or about May 30, 1994, which denied defendants’, Westinghouse Elevator Company and Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Inc., motion for partial summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs claim for punitive damages, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The IAS Court properly determined that defendants have not established, as a matter of law, their freedom from gross or wanton misconduct and thus properly denied defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs cause of action for punitive damages. Concur—Ellerin, J. P., Wallach, Asch, Nardelli and Tom, JJ.

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