Schwartz v. Leonard
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages, inter alia, for conversion, breach of an employment contract and employee disloyalty, the defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Ramirez, J.), entered September 6, 1986, which, after a nonjury trial, awarded the plaintiff the sum of $33,374.58 consisting of (1) $27,864.75 in compensatory damages; (2) $5,000 in punitive damages, and (3) $509.83 in costs and disbursements.
Ordered that the judgment is modified by (1) reducing the compensatory damage award from $27,864.75 to $1,896.79, and (2) striking the punitive damage award in…
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