Case Name: In the Matter of Williams Shallcross, Petitioner, v. Patricia B. Adduci, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1989-02-03
Citations: 147 A.D.2d 914
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Williams Shallcross, Petitioner, v Patricia B. Adduci, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 147
Pages: 914–914

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Williams Shallcross, Petitioner, v Patricia B. Adduci, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, Respondent.

Opinion:
— Determination unanimously modified on the law and as modified confirmed without costs, in accordance with the following memorandum: We modify the determination of the Commissioner by annulling that portion which found that petitioner had violated Vehicle and Traffic Law § 398-c by operating a repair shop without being registered, and we direct that the Commissioner remit the fine imposed for that violation. Although petitioner, a car dealer, on one occasion demanded payment for repair work that the purchaser contended should have been performed without charge under warranty, he finally released the car without charge and there was no showing that he ever received compensation for repair work or that he was "for compensation engaged in the business of repairing or diagnosing motor vehicle malfunctions" (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 398-b [2]; see, Matter of Tobey v Melton, 74 AD2d 708, 709). (Article 78 proceeding transferred by order of Supreme Court, Onondaga County, Stone, J.) Present — Dillon, P. J., Doerr, Boomer, Green and Pine, JJ.