Fioramonti v. McGrath

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for fraud, the defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an amended judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Pines, J.), entered October 28, 2009, as, upon the denial of that branch of their motion which was pursuant to CPLR 4401 for judgment as a matter of law dismissing the cause of action alleging fraud in the inducement and the plaintiffs’ demand for punitive damages, and upon a jury verdict awarding the plaintiffs the sums of $253,000 in compensatory damages and $204,000 in punitive damages, is in favor of the…