Schaefer v. Grausmall Restaurant Corp.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol E. Huff, J.), entered June 2, 1992 upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs and against defendant, in the sum of $44,117.62, inclusive of interest, costs and disbursements, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Evidence at trial permitted the jury to find that on the evening in question, plaintiffs, tourists from out of town, dined at defendant delicatessen; that plaintiff husband wore an expensive fur-lined coat and plaintiff wife an even more expensive Russian lynx fur coat; that after inquiring as to a coat check, plaintiffs were told there…