Lambert v. Corcoran

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Lambert v. Corcoran

256 A.D.2d 556, 682 N.Y.S.2d 875, 1998 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 14000

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedDecember 28, 1998

StatusPublished

This text of 256 A.D.2d 556 (Lambert v. Corcoran) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Lambert v. Corcoran, 256 A.D.2d 556, 682 N.Y.S.2d 875, 1998 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 14000 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1998).

Pincite

Opinion

—In an action to recover damages for defamation, the plaintiff appeals, on the ground of inadequacy, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Cohalan J.), entered September 23, 1997, as, after a nonjury trial, awarded him nominal damages in the amount of one dollar.

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

Since the plaintiff failed to establish that he suffered any compensable financial or emotional injury, or that he sustained any monetary loss in his professional capacity, an award of only nominal damages was not improper (see, Kruglak v Landre, 23 AD2d 758; see also, Handelman v Hustler Mag., 469 F Supp 1053; Amory v Vreeland, 125 App Div 850; Nellis v Miller, 101 AD2d 1002). Copertino, J. P., Sullivan, Krausman and Florio, JJ., concur.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

—In an action to recover damages for defamation, the plaintiff appeals, on the ground of inadequacy, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Cohalan J.), entered September 23, 1997, as, after a nonjury trial, awarded him nominal damages in the amount of one dollar.

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

Since the plaintiff failed to establish that he suffered any compensable financial or emotional injury, or that he sustained any monetary loss in his professional capacity, an award of only nominal damages was not improper (see, Kruglak v Landre, 23 AD2d 758; see also, Handelman v Hustler Mag., 469 F Supp 1053; Amory v Vreeland, 125 App Div 850; Nellis v Miller, 101 AD2d 1002). Copertino, J. P., Sullivan, Krausman and Florio, JJ., concur.

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)

256 A.D.2d 556, 682 N.Y.S.2d 875, 1998 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 14000, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/lambert-v-corcoran-nyappdiv-1998.

Opinion

Related

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack