Case Name: William G. Patrick, M.D., Appellant, v. Whelan and Curry Construction Services, Inc., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2003-03-21
Citations: 303 A.D.2d 974
Docket Number: 
Parties: William G. Patrick, M.D., Appellant, v Whelan and Curry Construction Services, Inc., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 303
Pages: 974–975

Head Matter:
William G. Patrick, M.D., Appellant, v Whelan and Curry Construction Services, Inc., Respondent.
[755 NYS2d 912]

Opinion:
—Appeal from an order of Supreme Court, Onondaga County (Stone, J.), entered December 13, 2001, which, inter alia, granted defendant's cross motion for partial summary judgment.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed with costs.
Memorandum: We affirm for reasons stated in the decision at Supreme Court, Onondaga County (Stone, J.). We add only that plaintiff's "insistence on an untenable interpretation of a key contractual provision constituted an anticipatory breach of the contract" (IBM Credit Fin. Corp. v Mazda Motor Mfg. [USA] Corp., 92 NY2d 989, 993 [1998]). Present — Pigott, Jr., P.J., Pine, Hurlbutt, Lawton and Hayes, JJ.