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DAMAGES FOR BREACH OF HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACT NOT PROVEN, RESTITUTION IS NOT A REMEDY UNDER THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, GROUNDS FOR PUNITIVE DAMAGES NOT PROVEN, STATUTORY FEES, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES, APPLICABLE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined plaintiff did not submit sufficient proof of damages stemming from the alleged breach of a home improvement contract, and the restitution and punitive damages awards were improper. The statutory General Business Law awards, including attorney’s fees, were applicable:

… [T]he plaintiff failed to meet her burden of proving damages for breach of contract. The appropriate measure of damages for breach of a home improvement contract by the contractor for defective construction is the cost to repair the defects … , as of the date the cause of action accrued … . Here, the plaintiff did not proffer competent evidence to establish her costs to repair the defendants’ defective work as of the date the cause of action accrued … . Accordingly, the damages award in the sum of $9,358.96 for breach of contract must be set aside.

We also agree with the defendants that the jury improperly awarded the sum of $17,730 as restitution damages pursuant to General Business Law § 772, representing the total sum paid by the plaintiff under the home improvement contract before the defendants abandoned the project, since restitution damages are not provided for under that statute … .

Further, we agree with the defendants that the plaintiff is not entitled to recover punitive damages. Although the jury found that the defendants were liable for breach of contract, the plaintiff failed to establish that the defendants’ conduct was egregious, directed toward the plaintiff, and part of a pattern directed at the public … . Moreover, to the extent that the plaintiff’s case rested on allegations of fraud, she failed to establish that the defendants’ conduct was so gross, wanton, or willful, or of such high moral culpability, as to justify an award of punitive damages … . Crippen v Adamao2018 NY Slip Op 07287, Second Dept 10-31-18

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