Suffolk Sports Center, Inc. v. Belli Construction Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of a lease, the defendants appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Newmark, J.), entered July 29, 1996, which, upon a jury verdict on the issue of punitive damages, is in favor of the plaintiffs and against them in the principal sum of $100,000.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
Having failed to take exception to the court’s charge on the ground that it was unconstitutional insofar as it gave the jury unlimited discretion in determining the amount of punitive damages, the defendants’ contention in this…
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