Legal Opinion
Williams v. Llorente
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided August 13, 1982PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
Final judgment entered October 2, 1980, after trial, is affirmed, with $25 costs.
Tenant, alleging that he had been forcibly evicted, brought this summary proceeding for, inter alia, restoration to his apartment (RPAPL 721, subd 4). The final judgment herein ordered that tenant be restored to the premises and, in addition, awarded tenant $10,000 punitive damages, $500 for mental distress, and $4,644.98 compensatory damages.
On appeal we are asked to consider whether the court was authorized to grant compensatory and punitive damages in a summary proceeding, where such…
3Cases cited8 opinions
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- Beach v. McGovernAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Davis v. WilliamsCivil Court of the City of New York · 1977
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