Fitzgerald Edibles, Inc. v. Osborne Tenants Corp.

179 A.D.3d 451

113 N.Y.S.3d 540 (Mem)

FITZGERALD EDIBLES, INC., doing business as P.J. Carneys, Plaintiff–Appellant,

v.OSBORNE TENANTS CORP., et al., Defendants–Respondents,Yunga Construction Inc., Defendant.

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Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.

ENTERED: JANUARY 7, 2020

Law Office of James C. Mantia, P.C., New York (James C. Mantia of counsel), for appellant.

Robert I. Cantor, PLLC, New York (Patrick Train–Gutie´rrez of counsel), for respondents.

Friedman, J.P., Webber, Singh, Moulton, JJ.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (David B. Cohen, J.), entered May 11, 2018, which, to the extent appealed from, granted defendants Osborne Tenants Corp. and Joseph Ferrara's motion to set aside the award of punitive damages, and denied plaintiff's application for a judgment declaring that it is restored to possession of contested areas of the building and that it has a prescriptive easement, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The trial court's conclusion that restoration to the premises following the wrongful eviction would be futile is supported by the jury's finding that there was no trespass to land (see Matter of 110–45 Queens Blvd. Garage v. Park Briar Owners, 265 A.D.2d 415, 416, 696 N.Y.S.2d 490 [2d Dept. 1999] ). The trial court also correctly concluded, given the trial testimony that plaintiff had permission from the net lessee to use the vestibule...