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Giannotti v. Mercedes Benz U.S.A., 56 A.D.2d 610 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
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Socy., 270 App Div 386, 388 ; see also, People v Henry, 56 AD2d 610 ).
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The record is barren of any evidence tending to show defendant’s use or threatened immediate use of a dangerous instrument during the commission of this crime (see Penal Law, § 160.15, subd 3; People v Early, 59 AD2d 912 ; see, also, People v Green, 56 AD2d 610 ; People v Briggs, 52 AD2d 1053 ).
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Hugo Giannotti
v.
Mercedes Benz U.S.A., LLC
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
Nov 18, 2008.
56 A.D.2d 610
Published

— In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (R. Doyle, J.), dated November 15, 2007, which granted the motion[*611] of the defendants Mercedes Benz U.S.A., LLC, DaimlerChrysler AG, Mercedes Benz of Greenwich, and Competition Imports, Inc., in effect, for summary judgment dismissing the demand for punitive damages insofar as asserted against them.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The respondents established, as a matter of law, that their conduct did not warrant the imposition of punitive damages (see Home Ins. Co. v American Home Prods. Corp., 75 NY2d 196, 203-204 [1990]; Roginsky v Richardson-Merrell, Inc., 378 F2d 832, 843 [1967]; West v Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 973 F Supp 385, 389 [1997]; see also Lugo v LJN Toys, 146 AD2d 168, 171 [1989], affd 75 NY2d 850 [1990]). In opposition, the appellant failed to raise a triable issue of fact. Rivera, J.E, Lifson, Eng and Chambers, JJ., concur.