Cruz v. NYNEX Information Resources
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Williams, J. P.
This appeal raises the issue of whether, for purposes of General Business Law article 22-A (§ 349 et seq.) “Consumer Protection from Deceptive Acts and Practices,” the term “consumer” encompasses small businesses which purchase a widely sold service that can only be used by businesses. We hold that it does not.
The facts are as follows. Plaintiffs are an automotive repair service, a video service and two small law firms that purchased advertisements in defendants Bell Atlantic’s and NYNEX Infer*287mation’s1 (defendant publishers) “Yellow Pages” publications…
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