Opinion
11104 11104A Index 154391/15
02-25-2020
PEG BANDWIDTH, LLC, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC., Defendant–Appellant.
Cuomo LLC, Mineola (Oscar Michelen of counsel), for appellant. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, White Plains (Thomas M. Smith of counsel), for respondent.
Cuomo LLC, Mineola (Oscar Michelen of counsel), for appellant.
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, White Plains (Thomas M. Smith of counsel), for respondent.
Friedman, J.P., Richter, Webber, Singh, JJ.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Saliann Scarpulla, J.), entered July 9, 2018, in favor of plaintiff and against defendant, unanimously affirmed, without costs. Appeal from order, same court and Justice, entered on or about June 5, 2018, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as subsumed in the appeal from the judgment.
As the trial court found, the parties entered into the governing Master Services Agreement (MSA) in October 2013, and, by October 2014, defendant was hopelessly in breach, having failed to render any meaningful performance. As provided for in the agreement, plaintiff terminated the agreement on the ground of material default. When the parties met in December 2014, defendant admitted that, even at that late date, it still needed at least 90 to 150 days to finish the work.
A fair interpretation of the evidence supports Supreme Court's finding that the MSA was properly terminated for convenience.