Handel v. STA Travel (New York) Ltd.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Myriam Altman, J.), entered on or about May 14, 1993, which, insofar as appealed from, denied defendant’s motion seeking to dismiss the first cause of action, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The IAS Court properly denied summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs first cause of action for breach of contract, seeking to recover unpaid sales commissions, based upon the court’s determination that the agreement between the parties was, in essence, for a "finder’s fee”, in which the plaintiff was to be paid based upon the sales produced by the travel agencies…
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