28 Cited authorities

  1. Thoreson v. Penthouse Intl

    80 N.Y.2d 490 (N.Y. 1992)   Cited 422 times
    Relying on expressio unius, statutory language, and legislative history to foreclose expansion of listed damages remedies
  2. Cobble Hill v. Henry Warren

    74 N.Y.2d 475 (N.Y. 1989)   Cited 437 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that designating the Health Department to fix option price for purchasing nursing home did not defeat the contract under the definiteness doctrine
  3. God's Battalion of Prayer Pentecostal Church, Inc. v. Miele Assocs., LLP

    2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 2232 (N.Y. 2006)   Cited 189 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "a contract `should be read to give effect to all its provisions'"
  4. Brown Bros. v. Beam Constr

    41 N.Y.2d 397 (N.Y. 1977)   Cited 401 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts should look to "objective manifestations of the intent of the parties as gathered by their expressed words and deeds" to determine the existence of a binding contract
  5. Solow Management Corp. v. Tanger

    19 A.D.3d 225 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)   Cited 71 times
    In Solow Mgmt. Corp., which the other two cases followed, the Appellate Division held that interest should begin to run at this midpoint because "[i]n the ordinary contract... action, interest is computed on damages for breach of contract... and flows from the date of the breach" and because attorneys' fees "represent a conditional award or prerogative which does not mature until the underlying action or proceeding has been determined."
  6. Charlebois v. Weller Assocs

    72 N.Y.2d 587 (N.Y. 1988)   Cited 96 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Disallowing quantum meruit recovery on the same grounds
  7. Municipal Consultants v. Ramapo

    47 N.Y.2d 144 (N.Y. 1979)   Cited 99 times
    Holding town supervisor had no discretion not to sign an agreement, where a provision of the town laws provided that contracts "[s]hall be executed by the supervisor in the name of the town after approval by the town board." Id. , 417 N.Y.S.2d 218, 390 N.E.2d at 1145
  8. Mentesana v. Bernard

    36 A.D.3d 769 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)   Cited 40 times
    Holding that amputation of the index finger to the PIP joint did not constitute loss of the index finger
  9. Geha v. 55 Orchard Street, LLC

    29 A.D.3d 735 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)   Cited 19 times

    2004-08246, 2005-03073. May 16, 2006. In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants third-party plaintiffs appeal (1) from an order and judgment (one paper) of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jones, J.), dated July 14, 2004, which granted the motion of the third-party defendant for summary judgment dismissing the third-party complaint, denied their cross motion for summary judgment, and dismissed the third-party complaint, and (2), as limited by their brief, from so much

  10. Edward Ruane v. the Allen-Stevenson School

    82 A.D.3d 615 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)   Cited 12 times   1 Legal Analyses

    No. 4597. March 24, 2011. Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Judith J. Gische, J.), entered July 7, 2010, which, insofar as appealed from, denied defendants' motion for summary judgment on defendant/third party-plaintiff F.J. Sciame Construction Co.'s claim for contractual indemnification against third-party defendant Met Sales Installations Corp. and for summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs Labor Law § 200 and common law negligence causes of action, unanimously affirmed, without costs. Cerussi