Vitra, Inc. v. Soho House, LLC

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Doris Ling-Cohan, J.), entered October 2, 2007, which, insofar as appealed from, granted the motion of defendants Soho House, LLC, Soho House US Corp., and Soho House New York, LLC (collectively Soho House), for partial summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s claim for punitive damages, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Dismissal of plaintiff’s claim for punitive damages was proper, where the record demonstrates that over a period of two to three years, leaks emanated from Soho House’s facilities causing property damage to plaintiff’s showroom and…