Willett v. Lincolnshire Management, Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Herman Cahn, J.), entered July 10, 2001, which, to the extent appealed from, granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment on his conversion cause of action and dismissed defendants’ first, third, sixth and seventh affirmative defenses, and judgment, same court and Justice, entered April 23, 2002, which awarded plaintiff $881,037 plus interest, unanimously affirmed, with one bill of costs.

The IAS court properly granted plaintiff summary judgment on his conversion claim against defendant Lincolnshire Management, Inc. (LMI). It is undisputed that LMI, in…