Legal Opinion
Cohen v. Hallmark Cards, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 31, 1978PublishedCited by 1,669 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gabrielli, J.
The question presented on this appeal is whether the Appellate Division was correct in concluding as a matter of law that *496the jury verdict awarding punitive damages to plaintiffs was based on insufficient evidence. For the reasons discussed below, we disagree with the conclusion reached by the Appellate Division, and thus the order appealed from must be reversed.
The plaintiffs in this action are a professional model and her daughter. In October, 1966, several pictures of the mother holding her then infant child were taken by one Ken Heyman, a professional…
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