Legal Opinion
Farmer v. D'Agostino Supermarkets, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 20, 1989PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Beverly S. Cohen, J.
Plaintiffs, six individual persons, have sued defendants, operators of various supermarkets in New York County, seeking damages, civil penalties and injunctive relief.
Plaintiffs allege that they are homeless, that they collect returnable cans and bottles as a livelihood, that in April of 1988 each of them presented 240 cans to the various defendants to recover the refund value, and that each defendant failed and refused to accept the 240 cans. Plaintiffs claim that defendants’ conduct violated ECL article 27, title 10 (the New York State Returnable…
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