Aronis v. TLC Vision Centers, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*577The Supreme Court should have granted those branches of the respective motions of the defendant Eric Donnenfeld and the defendants TLC Vision Corporation, Laser Vision Centers, Inc., TLC The Laser Center (Northeast), Inc., TLC Laser Eye Centers (Garden City), and Lori Landrio (hereinafter collectively the defendants) which were pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7) to dismiss the plaintiffs third cause of action to recover punitive damages insofar as asserted against each of them. “New York does not recognize an independent cause of action for punitive damages” (Randi A. J. v Long Is. Surgi-Ctr., 46…
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