Harper v Cayot Landscaping, Inc.

[*1] Harper v Cayot Landscaping, Inc. 2004 NY Slip Op 50763(U) Decided on July 7, 2004 Appellate Term, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.

Decided on July 7, 2004
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
APPELLATE TERM : 9th and 10th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT:McCABE, P.J., RUDOPLH and ANGIOLILLO, JJ.
NO. 2003-1424 RO C

MADDALENA HARPER, Appellant,

against

CAYOT LANDSCAPING, INC., Respondent.

Appeal by plaintiff from a small claims judgment of the Justice Court, Town of Stony Point, Rockland County (H. Grune, J.), entered April 23, 2003, in favor of defendant dismissing the action.

Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs. [*2]

In this small claims action for damages to the plaintiff's vehicle as a result of her backing into defendant's snowplow, we find that substantial justice was done between the parties according to the rules and principles of substantive law (UJCA 1807). Accordingly, the judgment appealed from should be affirmed.
Decision Date: July 07, 2004