Annabi v New York Univ. Stern Sch. of Bus.

[*1] Annabi v New York Univ. Stern Sch. of Bus. 2013 NY Slip Op 50639(U) Decided on April 18, 2013 Appellate Term, First 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 This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 April 18, 2013
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, FIRST DEPARTMENT
PRESENT: Schoenfeld, J.P., Hunter, Jr., Torres, JJ
13-106.

Karim Annabi, Plaintiff-Appellant,570117/13 - -

against

New York University Stern School of Business, Defendant-Respondent.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Small Claims Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County (Jennifer G. Schecter, J.), entered on or about June 24, 2011, after trial, in favor of defendant dismissing the action.

Per Curiam.

Judgment (Jennifer G. Schecter, J.), entered on or about June 24, 2011, affirmed, without costs, for the reasons stated by Jennifer G. Schecter, J. at Civil Court.

The trial court applied the appropriate rules of substantive law and accomplished substantial justice (see CCA 1804, 1807) in dismissing the small claims action after a fair and thorough hearing. On this record, and given the "judicial reluctance to intervene in controversies involving academic standards" (Olsson v Bd. of Higher Educ., 49 NY2d 408, 413 [1980]), we find no cause to disturb the court's detailed findings that the defendant university did not breach any specific promise relating to plaintiff's academic course credits or otherwise act in bad faith in denying plaintiff's request that transfer credits be applied to the graduate program's "resident" study requirement for course work done abroad (see and compare Morales v New York Univ., 83 AD2d 811 [1981], affd 55 NY2d 822 [1981]).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.
Decision Date: April 18, 2013