Case Name: Stanley Diamond, Respondent, v. Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1974-03-19
Citations: 77 Misc. 2d 528
Docket Number: 
Parties: Stanley Diamond, Respondent, v. Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 77
Pages: 528–529

Head Matter:
Stanley Diamond, Respondent, v. Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
March 19, 1974.
Samuel C. Cantor (Jerry A. Marr of counsel), for appellant. Walter, Conston, Schurtman $ Gumpel, P. C. (Bernard R. Diamond of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The right of plaintiff to recover punitive damages and counsel fees is not established by the allegations that the breaches by defendant of its obligations under the hospital indemnity policy of insurance were committed 1 ' willfully and without justification " (see Walker v. Sheldon, 10 N Y 2d 401; Buttignol Constr. Co. v. Allstate Ins. Co., 22 A D 2d 689, affd. 17 N Y 2d 476; Kronish, Lieb, Shainswit, Weiner & Hellman v. Reynolds, 33 A D 2d 366).
Order reversed with $10 costs, and the motion to dismiss the third cause of action is granted.