McCormack v. Grumman American Aviation Corp.

Order and judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Crangle, J., after a bench trial), both entered May 25, 1984, dismissing the complaint in both actions, modified, on the law and the facts, without costs, so as to grant judgment in favor of the plaintiff in action No. 1 and direct an assessment of damages therein, and otherwise affirmed.

Action No. 1 was commenced by plaintiff McCormack to recover a finder’s fee resulting from the sale of a corporate jet plane by Grumman American Aviation Corp. (GAAC) (now known as Gulfstream American Corp.). Plaintiff, while visiting Bruce Rappaport…