Legal Opinion
Khafizov v. Chase Manhattan Bank
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 19, 2009Published
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for the loss of personal property, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Grays, J.), dated May 7, 2007, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff commenced this action against Chase Manhattan Bank (hereinafter Chase) after his personal property allegedly disappeared from the safe deposit box (hereinafter the Box) he rented from Chase. According to the complaint, the lost property consisted of approximately $160,000 worth of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Uribe v. MERCHS. BANK OF NYNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
- Greco v. First Union National Bank Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- Lev v. Chase Manhattan BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002