BRITZ v. GRACE INDUS., LLC

5247N.

156 A.D.3d 533 (2017)

65 N.Y.S.3d 453

2017 NY Slip Op 08749

CHARLES BRITZ, Respondent, v. GRACE INDUSTRIES, LLC, Appellant, et al., Defendants.

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

Decided December 14, 2017.


The proposed amended complaint alleges that Grace negligently failed to fill in a trench on the side of the road two days prior to the motor vehicle accident in which plaintiff was injured, that Grace parked construction vehicles by the roadway, and that its personnel joked around when they signed into a safety meeting. This conduct, if proven, is insufficient for the imposition of punitive damages, because it cannot be viewed as a conscious and deliberate disregard of the...

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