Hellenic Republic v. Standard Chartered Bank

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Lewis Friedman, J., and a jury), entered September 20, 1996, awarding plaintiff money damages, and bringing up for review a prior order, same court and Justice, entered August 8, 1996, which, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to strike plaintiffs demand for a jury trial, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Since plaintiffs request for relief was, as this Court has previously noted (219 AD2d 498), for money damages, it was entitled to a jury trial (CPLR 4101 [1]), and the trial court appropriately denied defendant’s motion to strike the demand for a…