Spatz v. Riverdale Greentree Restaurant, Inc.

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lottie Wilkins, J.), entered September 8, 1997, which, upon a jury verdict, awarded plaintiff the principal sum of $5,500 against defendant Riverdale Greentree Restaurant, Inc., and the principal sum of $24,750 against defendant Joseph Stanton, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, and the matter remanded for a new trial on all issues.

Plaintiff sought compensatory and exemplary damages under the “Dram Shop” laws (General Obligations Law § 11-101; Alcoholic Beverage Control Law § 65) for serious head and facial injuries sustained when defendant…