Symbol Press, Inc. v. S & L Properties Associates

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Beatrice Shainswit, J.), entered April 5, 1991, which, after a jury trial, dismissed plaintiffs complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The trial court did not commit reversible error in charging the jury that in order to recover against both defendant insurer under the policy and defendant landlords for negligence, plaintiff had to establish ownership of, rather than an insurable interest in, the damaged merchandise.

Contrary to plaintiffs argument on appeal, the record shows that the only interest it attempted to prove at trial was ownership…