Levitt v. Computer Associates International, Inc.
Opinion of the Court
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Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
When the language of a contract is unambiguous, a court will enforce its plain meaning rather than rewrite the agreement, and its meaning may be determined as a matter of law on the basis of the writing alone without resort to extrinsic evidence (see Laba v Carey, 29 NY2d 302, 308 [1971]; Weiner v Anesthesia Assoc. of W. Suffolk, 203 AD2d 454 [1994]). Contrary to the plaintiffs contention, the Supreme Court properly interpreted the defendant’s sales compensation plan as reserving discretion in the defendant to adjust the value of the transaction upon which the plaintiffs sales commission was based.
The Supreme Court also properly concluded that, pursuant to the terms of the sales compensation plan, the plaintiff was not entitled to a commission on a proposed transaction that was rejected by the defendant.
The plaintiffs remaining contentions are without merit. Altman, J.P., Cozier, Mastro and Rivera, JJ., concur.
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