Case Name: Rebecca Moss, Ltd., Appellant, v. 540 Acquisition Co., L. L. C., et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-07-26
Citations: 285 A.D.2d 416
Docket Number: 
Parties: Rebecca Moss, Ltd., Appellant, v 540 Acquisition Co., L. L. C., et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 285
Pages: 416–416

Head Matter:
(July 26, 2001)
Rebecca Moss, Ltd., Appellant, v 540 Acquisition Co., L. L. C., et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant.
[728 NYS2d 371]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Phyllis GangelJacob, J.), entered June 29, 1999, which, to the extent appealed from, granted respondents' motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff's causes of action for negligence and private nuisance must be dismissed because it may not recover damages for negligently caused financial harm without accompanying physical injury or for private nuisance absent intentional acts on defendants' part (532 Madison Ave. Gourmet Foods v Finlandia Ctr., 96 NY2d 280, 291-292). The cause of action for public nuisance must be dismissed because plaintiff failed to plead that its damages were different from those sustained by the general public (id. at 292-293). Concur — Sullivan, P. J., Nardelli, Ellerin, Lerner and Friedman, JJ.