Stoothoff v. Stoothoff
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Donald Kitson, J., and a jury), entered *210July 29, 1994, awarding plaintiff wife a divorce on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Giving deference to the jury’s assessment of credibility in favor of the wife (Dunne v Dunne, 172 AD2d 482), her proof of the husband’s conduct towards her, including public and private denigration, calling her crazy and threatening to have her committed to a mental institution, threatening to burn down their house, threatening her with financial ruin, committing an act of physical abuse…
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