Judgment reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the complaint is dismissed insofar as it seeks punitive damages.
It is well settled that punitive damages are only available for the vindication of a public right and where the defendant's conduct is malicious, willful, reckless, or amounts to criminal indifference to a civil obligation. (See Granato v Allstate Ins. Co.,
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