Case Name: Edward M. Miller et al., Respondents-Appellants, v. Herbert Daub, Appellant-Respondent, Capitol Enterprises Jewelry Corp., Respondent, et al., Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1987-01-20
Citations: 134 Misc. 2d 613
Docket Number: 
Parties: Edward M. Miller et al., Respondents-Appellants, v Herbert Daub, Appellant-Respondent, Capitol Enterprises Jewelry Corp., Respondent, et al., Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 134
Pages: 613–614

Head Matter:
Edward M. Miller et al., Respondents-Appellants, v Herbert Daub, Appellant-Respondent, Capitol Enterprises Jewelry Corp., Respondent, et al., Defendant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
January 20,1987
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Jurón & Minzner, P. C. (Albert A. Jurón of counsel), for appellant-respondent. Moore, Wohl & Newman, P. C. (Louis I. Newman and Gary M. Gash of counsel), for respondents-appellants.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Per Curiam.
Order entered May 31, 1985 and judgment entered June 7, 1985 modified by granting judgment in favor of appellant Daub against plaintiffs on the first counterclaim in the sum of $2,500; as modified, order and judgment affirmed, with $25 costs to the appellant.
Based upon defendant Daub's exhibit C and the testimony received at trial, defendant should have been awarded judgment on the first counterclaim. As to the main cause, we think the court should have admitted and considered the deposition testimony of the absent nonparty witness Padrusch. It appears from the record that the witness' attendance was unable to be procured despite diligent efforts by plaintiffs as well as by the trial court (CPLR 3117 [a] [3] [iv]). Nonetheless, even after allowing for this evidence, we are in agreement with the determination below that plaintiffs' case was not made by a preponderance of the evidence. Accordingly, so much of the order and judgment as dismissed the complaint is affirmed.
Hughes, P. J., Riccobono and Sandifer, JJ., concur.