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THORESON v. PENTHOUSE INTL.

80 N.Y.2d 490 (1992)

Marjorie L. Thoreson, Also Known as Anneka DiLorenzo, Appellant-Respondent, v. Penthouse International, Ltd., et al., Respondents-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 21, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray Schwartz, New York City, and Davida S. Perry for appellant-respondent.

Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York City (Bettina B. Plevan and Myron D. Rumeld of counsel), and Carb, Luria, Glassner, Cook & Kufeld, New York City (Jeffrey H. Daichman of counsel), for respondents-appellants.

George W. Madison, New York City, Herbert Semmel and Ellen M. Saideman for Association of the Bar of the City of New York, amicus curiae.

Dorchen A. Leidholdt, New York City, and Wendy C. Lecker for Women's Bar Association of the State of New York and another, amici curiae.

Nadine Taub, of the New Jersey Bar, admitted pro hac vice, for Women's Rights Litigation Clinic of Rutgers Law School-Newark and another, amici curiae.

Acting Chief Judge SIMONS and Judges TITONE, BELLACOSA and SMITH concur; Judge KAYE taking no part.

HANCOCK, JR., J.

This appeal presents a question of statutory construction which we have not addressed: whether a person aggrieved by a discriminatory practice in violation of the Human Rights Law may recover punitive damages in a court action brought pursuant to Executive Law § 297 (9). Based on our analysis of the statutory language and the relevant legislative history, we conclude that such damages are...

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