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MOTION TO DISMISS PUNITIVE DAMAGES CLAIM PROPERLY DENIED.

The Third Department determined the motion to dismiss the demand for punitive damages was properly denied. The action stemmed from an physical confrontation between plaintiff and defendant, an off-duty police officer:

“Punitive damages may be awarded in an action to recover damages for assault” … , but “are permitted only when a defendant purposefully causes, or is grossly indifferent to causing, injury and defendant’s behavior cannot be said to be merely volitional” … . Defendant’s conduct, in other words, must reflect “a high degree of moral culpability, . . . [be] so flagrant as to transcend mere carelessness, or . . . constitute[] willful or wanton negligence or recklessness” … . * * *

… [The] proof permits the finding that defendant pursued plaintiff and angrily confronted him over his perceived deficiencies as a driver, then physically subdued plaintiff and falsely accused him of starting the confrontation to ensure that he would be detained by police. If true, this aggressive and dishonest behavior by an off-duty state trooper is precisely the type of “morally culpable” behavior that defendant and others should be deterred from engaging in … . George v Albert, 2016 NY Slip Op 05613, 3rd Dept 7-21-16

NEGLIGENCE (MOTION TO DISMISS PUNITIVE DAMAGES CLAIM PROPERLY DENIED)/INTENTIONAL TORT (MOTION TO DISMISS PUNITIVE DAMAGES CLAIM PROPERLY DENIED)/ASSAULT (CIVIL ACTION, MOTION TO DISMISS PUNITIVE DAMAGES CLAIM PROPERLY DENIED)/PUNITIVE DAMAGES (MOTION TO DISMISS PUNITIVE DAMAGES CLAIM PROPERLY DENIED)

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