Case Name: GTP Leisure Products, Inc., Appellant, v. Quasar Electronics Company, Division of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1979-11-16
Citations: 72 A.D.2d 930
Docket Number: 
Parties: GTP Leisure Products, Inc., Appellant, v Quasar Electronics Company, Division of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 72
Pages: 930–930

Head Matter:
GTP Leisure Products, Inc., Appellant, v Quasar Electronics Company, Division of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, Respondent.

Opinion:
Order unanimously modified and, as modified, affirmed, without costs, in accordance with the following memorandum: Plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Onondaga County, granting defendant partial summary judgment on its counterclaim. It was improper for Special Term to permit immediate entry of judgment on defendant's counterclaim for goods sold and delivered where there are unresolved factual issues in the plaintiff's action for damages concerning whether defendant breached the underlying contract of sale (Created Gemstones v 'Union Carbide Corp., 47 NY2d 250). The amount due defendant on its counterclaim is dependent upon whether it breached the contract and, if so, to what extent plaintiff was damaged. Therefore, whatever the ultimate result, proper disposition of the counterclaim must await resolution of these factual questions. (Appeal from order of Onondaga Supreme Court&emdash;partial summary judgment.) Present&emdash;Cardamone, J. P., Simons, Hancock, Jr., Callahan and Moule, JJ.