Honeywell International, Inc. v. R. Freedman & Son, Inc.

—Crew III, J.P.

Appeal from that part of an order of the Supreme Court (Malone, Jr., J.), entered February 20, 2003 in Albany County, which granted a motion by plaintiff Honeywell International, Inc. to modify a preliminary injunction.

Defendants operate a scrap metal processing facility located on Tibbits Avenue in the Village of Green Island, Albany County. As part of their business, defendants operate a large, ferrous metal shredder to process automobiles, appliances and other ferrous metal scrap. Notwithstanding defendants’ efforts to identify and remove contraband that may be contained…