Opinion
No. 2013–319RIC.
2014-08-20
Frank R. PRIMIANI, Respondent, v. Daniel LUCIDO, Appellant.
Appeal from a judgment of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Richmond County (Philip S. Straniere, J.), entered October 16, 2012. The judgment, after a nonjury trial, awarded plaintiff the principal sum of $5,000.
Present: PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SOLOMON, JJ.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff commenced this small claims action to recover the sum of $5,000 for personal injuries he sustained as a result of defendant having punched him in the face, causing injury to plaintiff's eyes and resulting in plaintiff receiving 22 stitches at a hospital. After a nonjury trial, the Civil Court awarded plaintiff the principal sum of $5,000. Upon a review of the record, we find that the judgment provided the parties with substantial justice according to the rules and principles of substantive law ( see CCA 1804, 1807; Ross v. Friedman, 269 A.D.2d 584 [2000]; Williams v. Roper, 269 A.D.2d 125, 126 [2000] ).
The decision of a fact-finding court should not be disturbed upon appeal unless it is obvious that the court's conclusions could not be reached under any fair interpretation of the evidence ( see Claridge Gardens v. Menotti, 160 A.D.2d 544 [1990] ). This standard applies with greater force to judgments rendered in the Small Claims Part of the court ( see Williams v. Roper, 269 A.D.2d at 126). Under the circumstances presented, we find no reason to disturb the judgment.
Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed.