Legal Opinion
Moskal v. Fleet Bank
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 16, 1999Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Lorraine S. Miller, J.
Defendant Fleet Bank (Fleet) leases parts of the mezzanine, ground floor, and basement areas of 592 Fifth Avenue, at 48th Street in Manhattan. One block south is probably one of the world’s largest consumer markets for diamonds, watches and other stones. A single block, 47th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, is crowded with over 2,600 gold and precious gem merchants who handle some 90% of the diamonds which come into this Nation.1
Plaintiff Mark Moskal (Moskal) is one of those jewelers. Moskal rented a safe-deposit box in Fleet’s vault, located…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Nallan v. Helmsley-Spear, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Palka v. Servicemaster Management Services Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1994
- Miller v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Burgos v. Aqueduct Realty Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1998
- Comeau v. WrayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
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