Steinmetz v. Samuel-Rozenbaum USA, Inc.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Milton A. Tingling, J.), entered September 23, 2010, after a nonjury trial, awarding plaintiff $130,000 plus interest in the amount of $23,880.82, and costs and disbursements in the amount of $1,025.00, unanimously modified, on the facts, to reduce the principal amount of the award from $130,000 to $75,000, and to remand the matter for the calculation of interest, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

The trial court properly allowed plaintiff to substitute a correct copy of the contract at issue from the court file for a poorly photocopied copy,…