COSTANZA v. SEINFELD


181 Misc.2d 562 (1999)

693 N.Y.S.2d 897

MICHAEL COSTANZA, Plaintiff, v. JERRY SEINFELD et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, New York County.

June 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan B. Fisher, New York City, for plaintiff.

Davis, Wright, Tremaine L. L. P., New York City (Elizabeth McNamara of counsel), for defendants.


OPINION OF THE COURT

HAROLD TOMPKINS, J.

A person is seeking an enormous sum of money for claims that the New York State courts have rejected for decades. This could be the plot for an episode in a situation comedy. Instead, it is the case brought by plaintiff Michael Costanza who is suing the comedian, Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David (who was the cocreator of the television program Seinfeld), the National Broadcasting Company, Inc. and the production companies...

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