Ingenuit v. Harriff

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of an employment contract, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Ambrosio, J.), dated January 7, 2008, which granted the plaintiffs’ motion to strike his demand for a jury trial.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The main relief sought by the plaintiffs in this action is an injunction against the defendant’s continued solicitation of the plaintiffs’ clients and use of the plaintiffs’ proprietary information to unfairly compete against them. Since the primary character of the case is equitable…