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Bressler v. Kalow

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 2, 2004
13 A.D.3d 70 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)

Opinion

4788N

December 2, 2004.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard B. Lowe, III, J.), entered on or about June 15, 2004, which denied defendants' motion to strike plaintiff's jury demand, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Before: Sullivan, J.P., Ellerin, Lerner, Marlow and Catterson, JJ.


Plaintiff's claims are primarily legal in nature, affording him the opportunity for full relief by means of a monetary award under the facts as alleged ( see Cadwalader Wickersham Taft v. Spinale, 177 AD2d 315). Since plaintiff pursued an accounting merely to determine the amount of such damages, the initial joinder of prayers for legal and equitable relief did not constitute a waiver of the right to a jury trial in the first instance ( Lex Tenants Corp. v. Gramercy N. Assoc., 284 AD2d 278).

We have considered defendants' remaining contentions and find them unavailing.


Summaries of

Bressler v. Kalow

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 2, 2004
13 A.D.3d 70 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
Case details for

Bressler v. Kalow

Case Details

Full title:KENNETH BRESSLER, Respondent, v. DAVID A. KALOW et al., Appellants

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

Date published: Dec 2, 2004

Citations

13 A.D.3d 70 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
785 N.Y.S.2d 328

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