Opinion
570472/19
01-21-2020
IMPRESSA CLUB LTD. and Azerbaijan Airlines, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Mohamed AZADI, Defendant-Appellant.
Per Curiam.
Judgments (Sabrina B. Kraus, J.), entered on or about March 20, 2019, modified, without costs, by reducing plaintiffs' joint recovery to the principal sum of $2,389.96, as modified, judgment affirmed, without costs. The trial court achieved "substantial justice" consistent with substantive law principals ( CCA 1804 ) in resolving the liability aspect of the small claims action in plaintiffs' favor, since the evidence permits a finding that defendant wrongfully stopped payment on the cost of a round-trip airplane ticket from New York City to Iran due to his alleged dissatisfaction with airport lounge service. However, the record and the ends of "substantial justice" support a joint recovery of damages of no more that $2,389.96, the actual price of the airline ticket.
We have examined defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.