Slank v. Sam Dell's Dodge Corp.

These are cross appeals from an order of Supreme Court, Special Term, which denied cross motions for partial summary judgment. Plaintiff .alleges three causes of action, in one of which he seeks damages for conversion of his automobile and in the other two he seeks punitive damages. In their answer, by an affirmative defense, defendants allege justification for detainer of plaintiff’s vehicle by virtue of a purported lien under section 184 of the Lien Law, i.e., garageman’s lien. By their respective motions, the determinative issue concerning the validity of defendant corporation’s purported…