Wool v. Ayres

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Barbara Howe, J.), entered May 5, 2000, which, after a nonjury trial with respect to damages, inter alia, awarded plaintiff the sum of $996,950, plus interest, costs and disbursements, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

*300Examination of the trial record discloses no basis for setting aside the trial court’s determination as to the damages sustained by plaintiff when his artwork was damaged or destroyed in a fire attributable to defendant’s negligence, since the proof, including extensive documentary evidence and uncontroverted testimony from an expert…