Ilic v. Rochester Gas & Electric Corp.

—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Plaintiff commenced this action to recover damages arising from the interruption of gas service to his residential property. Supreme Court properly granted that part of defendant’s motion for partial summary judgment seeking dismissal of the claims for damages for the alleged loss of credit and financing, past carrying costs and future carrying costs on the property and plaintiffs lost earnings. Those claims for damages cannot be “reasonably traced to the event” and are not “independent of other causes” (Steitz v Gifford, 280 NY 15, 20;…