Interlocutory judgment modified, on the law, by deleting the third decretal paragraph, which awarded plaintiff punitive damages, and substituting a provision dismissing plaintiff's claim for punitive damages. As so modified, interlocutory judgment affirmed, with costs to plaintiff.
While a separate cause of action for punitive damages cannot stand alone (see Santos v Security & Law Enforcement Employees,
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