Costanza v. Seinfeld
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order and judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Tompkins, J.), entered August 18, 1999 and September 15, 1999, respectively, granting defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint, and imposing sanctions on plaintiff and his attorney in the amount of $2,500 each for the bringing of a frivolous action, unanimously modified, on the law, the facts and in the exercise of discretion, to the extent of vacating the sanctions, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.
In this action based on plaintiff’s claim that defendants “used the name, likeness and persona of the Plaintiff to create the…
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