Wiener v. Lawrence-Picaso, Inc.

—Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Norman Ryp, J.), entered February 5, 2002, which, after a jury trial and upon the partial grant of defendants’ motions to set aside the verdict, awarded plaintiff in this action for breach of an employment contract the total sum of $43,780.67, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff’s family owned several properties in the Bronx and Manhattan (Ackerman Properties). In August 1997, Ackerman Properties agreed to hire defendants to manage their interests. At the same time, on August 26, 1997, plaintiff, a property manager,…