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O'Kane v. County of Westchester

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Sep 2, 2008
54 A.D.3d 660 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)

Opinion

No. 2007-05591.

September 2, 2008.

In an action to recover damages for breach of contract, the plaintiff appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Rudolph, J.), dated May 8, 2007, as granted those branches of the defendant's motion which were for summary judgment dismissing the second and third causes of action.

Charlene M. Indelicato, County Attorney, White Plains, N.Y.

(Stacey Dolgin-Kmetz and Thomas G. Gardiner of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Ritter, J.P., Miller, Dillon and McCarthy, JJ.


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact in response to the defendant's prima facie showing of its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law based on the unambiguous terms of the contract. The contract should be enforced according to its plain meaning ( see WWW Assoc. v Giancontieri, 77 NY2d 157, 162; McGuckin v Snapple Distribs., Inc., 41 AD3d 795). Therefore, the Supreme Court properly granted those branches of the defendant's motion which were for summary judgment dismissing the second and third causes of action.


Summaries of

O'Kane v. County of Westchester

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Sep 2, 2008
54 A.D.3d 660 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
Case details for

O'Kane v. County of Westchester

Case Details

Full title:HUGH O'KANE ELECTRIC CO., INC., Appellant, v. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER…

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

Date published: Sep 2, 2008

Citations

54 A.D.3d 660 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
2008 N.Y. Slip Op. 6696
862 N.Y.S.2d 804

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