Case Name: Arthur Gershfeld, Respondent, v. Mozer Architect Design, P.C., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2014-08-13
Citations: 120 A.D.3d 548
Docket Number: 
Parties: Arthur Gershfeld, Respondent, v Mozer Architect Design, P.C., Appellants.
Judges: Rivera, J.E, Balkin, Leventhal and Roman, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 120
Pages: 548–549

Head Matter:
Arthur Gershfeld, Respondent, v Mozer Architect Design, P.C., Appellants.
[990 NYS2d 830]

Opinion:
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of contract, the defendants appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kurtz, Ct. Atty. Ref.), dated August 28, 2012, which, upon a decision of the same court dated July 3, 2012, made after a nonjury trial, is in favor of the plaintiffs and against them in the principal sum of $24,000.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
In reviewing a determination made after a nonjury trial, this Court's power is as broad as the trial court's power, and this Court may render the judgment it finds warranted by the facts, taking into account in a close case that the trial judge had the advantage of seeing the witnesses (see Northern Westchester Professional Park Assoc. v Town of Bedford, 60 NY2d 492, 499 [1983]). Here, the Supreme Court's determination that the de fendants breached the subject contract was warranted by the facts. Thus, we decline to disturb that determination.
Rivera, J.E, Balkin, Leventhal and Roman, JJ., concur.