LaRosa v. Arbusman

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard B. Lowe, III, J.), entered March 16, 2009, that granted plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment on the twelfth cause of action alleging conversion, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiffs’ decedent, Thomas Elmezzi, a retired businessman, who was 90 years of age at the time of these events, decided to invest in a jewelry business. He entered into an agreement with defendant-appellant, Avigail Arbusman, an experienced jewelry retailer who owned defendant-appellant Jewels by Viggi, Ltd. with her husband, defendant-appellant, Dan…