EMPIRE STATE FED. SAV. & LOAN ASS'N v. COMMERCIAL UNION INS. CO.


67 A.D.2d 676 (1979)

Empire State Federal Savings & Loan Association, Respondent, v. Commercial Union Insurance Company, Appellant

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

January 15, 1979


Order reversed, on the law, with $50 costs and disbursements, and motion granted.

Initially, it must be noted that a demand for punitive damages does not constitute a separate cause of action for pleading purposes (Knibbs v Wagner, 14 A.D.2d 987; Dworski v Empire Discount Corp., 46 Misc.2d 844). Of more significance for present purposes, however, is the fact that the complaint...

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