New York Court of Appeals, 1976

Borkowski v. Borkowski

New York Court of Appeals · Decided July 6, 1976

39 N.Y.2d 982; 355 N.E.2d 287; 387 N.Y.S.2d 233; 1976 N.Y. LEXIS 2929

Cases that cite this one

111 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.

TVT Records v. Island Def Jam Music Group (District Court, S.D. New York 2003)
Morse/Diesel, Inc. v. Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Md. (District Court, S.D. New York 1989)
Purdy v. Consumers Distributing Co., Ltd. (District Court, S.D. New York 1986)
Rush v. Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (District Court, S.D. New York 1984)
China Trust Bank of NY v. Standard Chartered Bank (District Court, S.D. New York 1997)
Lawrence v. Cade & Saunders, P.C. (District Court, N.D. New York 1993)
Getty Petroleum Corp. v. Island Transportation Corp. (2d Cir. 1989)
Getty Petroleum Corp. v. Island Transportation Corp. (2d Cir. 1989)
Tillery v. Lynn (District Court, S.D. New York 1985)
Aldrich v. Thomson McKinnon Securities, Inc. (District Court, S.D. New York 1984)
Mobius Management Systems, Inc. v. Fourth Dimension Software, Inc. (District Court, S.D. New York 1994)
Pereira v. Centel Corp. (In re Argo Communications Corp.) (United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York 1991)
Banco Nacional De Costa Rica v. Bremar Holdings Corp. (District Court, S.D. New York 1980)
Church & Dwight Co. v. Kaloti Enterprises of Michigan, L.L.C. (District Court, E.D. New York 2009)
The Topps Co., Inc. v. Cadbury Stani SAIC (District Court, S.D. New York 2005)
Oei v. Citibank, N.A. (District Court, S.D. New York 1997)
New York Racing Assn., Inc. v. Stroup News Agency Corp. (District Court, N.D. New York 1996)
Trugman-Nash, Inc. v. New Zealand Dairy Board (District Court, S.D. New York 1996)
Schlaifer Nance & Co., Inc. v. Estate of Warhol (District Court, S.D. New York 1996)
Cohen v. Davis (District Court, S.D. New York 1996)
Imagineering, Inc. v. Van Klassens, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 1995)
Marfia v. T.C. Ziraat Bankasi, New York Branch (District Court, S.D. New York 1995)
City of Amsterdam v. Daniel Goldreyer, Ltd. (District Court, E.D. New York 1995)
H & R INDUSTRIES, INC. v. Kirshner (District Court, E.D. New York 1995)
Reuben H. Donnelley Corp. v. Mark I Marketing Corp. (District Court, S.D. New York 1995)

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Opinion of the Court

Memorandum. Order. of the Appellate Division affirmed, without costs.

It is not essential, as the Appellate Division stated, that punitive damages be allowed in a fraud case only where the acts had been aimed at the public generally. Nevertheless, the proof in this case does not establish such gross, wanton, or willful fraud or other morally culpable conduct to a degree sufficient to justify an award of punitive damages. At least the Appellate Division was entitled to so conclude. (See, generally, Walker v Sheldon, 10 NY2d 401, 404-405.)

Chief Judge Breitel and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Cooke concur in memorandum.

Order affirmed.

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