MAFFEI v. A.O. SMITH WATER PRODS. CO.

Index No. 190378/18. Appeal No. 16680. Case No. 2021-04690.

210 A.D.3d 537 (2022)

176 N.Y.S.3d 775

2022 NY Slip Op 06555

Romeo Maffei, Respondent, v. A.O. Smith Water Products Co. et al., Defendants, and J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc., Appellant.

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

Decided November 17, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manning Gross + Massenburg, LLP, New York ( Anna Hwang of counsel), for appellant.

Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., New York ( Jason P. Weinstein of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Kern, J.P., Scarpulla, Rodriguez, Pitt, Higgitt, JJ.


Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Adam Silvera, J.), entered on or about June 4, 2021, which, to the extent appealed from, denied the motion of defendant J-M Manufacturing Company (JMM) for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's punitive damages demand, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion granted.

Defendant is a former distributor of asbestos cement pipe (ACP). Plaintiff, a commercial contractor, alleges that he was exposed to asbestos...

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