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Elbogen v. Esikoff

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 4, 1999
266 A.D.2d 15 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

Summary

dismissing intentional infliction of emotional distress claim where plaintiff never made an evidentiary showing that the alleged conduct caused any mental or physical symptoms

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Opinion

November 4, 1999

Joseph Milano, for plaintiff-respondent-appellant.

Thomas J. Cone, for defendants.

SULLIVAN, J.P., WILLIAMS, WALLACH, LERNER, FRIEDMAN, JJ.


Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Emily Goodman, J.), entered May 1, 1998, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied the motion of defendants Lawson, Checkmate and Sterla for summary judgment dismissing the second cause of action for harassment and intentional infliction of emotional distress, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion granted and the second cause of action dismissed.

In this more than 17-year old action , the motion court should have granted the motion of defendants Lawson, Checkmate and Sterla for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress, since plaintiff failed to demonstrate that the alleged conduct of those defendants satisfied all of the elements of that tort. Specifically, plaintiff has never made an evidentiary showing that the alleged conduct caused any mental or physical symptom or injury that would indicate the existence of severe emotional distress (see, Howell v. New York Post Co., 81 N.Y.2d 115, 121).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

Elbogen v. Esikoff

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 4, 1999
266 A.D.2d 15 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

dismissing intentional infliction of emotional distress claim where plaintiff never made an evidentiary showing that the alleged conduct caused any mental or physical symptoms

Summary of this case from WORLD CITY FOUNDATION, INC. v. SACCHETTI
Case details for

Elbogen v. Esikoff

Case Details

Full title:AARON R. ELBOGEN, Plaintiff-Respondent-Appellant, v. SIDNEY ESIKOFF, et…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Nov 4, 1999

Citations

266 A.D.2d 15 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
697 N.Y.S.2d 614

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