Edwin v. Arackal

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Elliott Wilk, J.), entered August 14, 1996, after a nonjury trial, inter alia, declaring that plaintiff is entitled to 50% of all past and future proceeds from the winning Lotto ticket that defendant redeemed as sole claimant in 1987, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The trial court’s finding that the parties had an oral agreement to share the proceeds of the Lotto ticket equally is supported by a fair interpretation of the evidence and should not be disturbed on appeal (Thoreson v Penthouse Intl., 80 NY2d 490, 495). All of the parties’ family…