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U.S. TRUST CORPORATION v. NEWBRIDGE PARTNERS, L. L. C.

278 A.D.2d 172 (2000)

718 N.Y.S.2d 63

U.S. TRUST CORPORATION et al., Respondents, v. NEWBRIDGE PARTNERS, L. L. C., et al., Appellants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided December 28, 2000.

The IAS Court properly denied defendants' motion to dismiss the claims for punitive damages. "Punitive damages are available in a tort action where the wrongdoing is intentional or deliberate, has circumstances of aggravation or outrage, has a fraudulent or evil motive, or is in such conscious disregard of the rights of another that it is deemed willful and wanton" (Swersky v Dreyer & Traub, 219 A.D.2d 321, 328; see also,...

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