Case Name: Metaxia Kapeleris, Respondent, v. Colonial Penn Insurance Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1990-07-13
Citations: 163 A.D.2d 918
Docket Number: 
Parties: Metaxia Kapeleris, Respondent, v Colonial Penn Insurance Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 163
Pages: 918–918

Head Matter:
Metaxia Kapeleris, Respondent, v Colonial Penn Insurance Company, Appellant.

Opinion:
Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, motion granted and cross motion denied. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in denying defendant's motion to strike plaintiff's demand for punitive damages. The allegations in plaintiff's complaint and proposed amended complaint that defendant insurance company engaged in persistent unfair claim settlement practices (see, Insurance Law § 2601) "may more properly be evaluated and, if proved, be redressed by the Superintendent of Insurance, who is charged by law with the regulation of this industry, rather than by private litigants" (Roldan v Allstate Ins. Co., 149 AD2d 20, 43). Accordingly, plaintiff's cross motion is denied. (Appeal from order of Supreme Court, Kings County, Ramirez, J.—amended complaint.) Present—Callahan, J. P., Denman, Green, Balio and Davis, JJ.