Legal Opinion
Rutzen v. Monroe County Long Term Care Program, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 2, 1980PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wilmer J. Patlow, J.
In this action by a former employee to recover damages for *1001breach of employment contract, the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff. The court reserved for itself the question of whether or not the unemployment compensation benefits received by plaintiff during the period following her wrongful discharge should, in mitigation of damages, be deducted from her ultimate award.
In response to that question plaintiff argues, inter alla, that the unemployment insurance benefits are compensation derived from a collateral source and as such should not…
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- Coyne v. CampbellNew York Court of Appeals · 1962
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