Maisel v. Gruner & Jahr USA, Inc.

Order and judgment (one paper) Supreme Court, New York County (Blangiardo, J.), entered January 11,1982 which granted plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability and adjudged defendant liable to plaintiff for an amount to be determined at trial, and denied defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment, unanimously modified, on the law, without costs, to deny plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment, and otherwise affirmed. Plaintiff is in the business of selling or leasing rights to reproduction of slide photographs. Defendant, a magazine publisher, asked…