SAM STATHIS, res-ap, v. ESTATE OF DONALD KARAS, ETC. APPELLANTSRESPONDENTS (AND A THIRD-PARTY ACTION)

SAM STATHIS, res-ap, v. ESTATE OF DONALD KARAS, ETC. APPELLANTSRESPONDENTS (AND A THIRD-PARTY ACTION). (INDEX NO. 4364/07)In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of contract and conversion, the defendants appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Onofry, J.), dated November 13, 2012, which, upon a jury verdict, and upon an order of the same court dated July 23, 2012, granting the defendants' motion pursuant to CPLR 4404(a) to set aside the jury verdict to the extent of reducing the amount of damages awarded on the cause of action to recover damages for conversion from the principal sum of $602,500 to the principal sum of $50,000, is in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendants Estate of Donald Karas, by and through its executors Nancy Bloom and Charles Karas, and Marital Trust Under the Will of Donald Karas, by and through its Trustees Nancy Bloom and Charles Karas, in the principal sum of $835,000, and the plaintiff cross-appeals, as limited by his brief, from stated portions of the same judgment.

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SAM STATHIS, res-ap, v. ESTATE OF DONALD KARAS, ETC. APPELLANTSRESPONDENTS (AND A THIRD-PARTY ACTION). (INDEX NO. 4364/07)In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of contract and conversion, the defendants appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Onofry, J.), dated November 13, 2012, which, upon a jury verdict, and upon an order of the same court dated July 23, 2012, granting the defendants’ motion pursuant to CPLR 4404(a) to set aside the jury verdict to the extent of reducing the amount of damages awarded on the cause of action to recover damages for conversion from the principal sum of $602,500 to the principal sum of $50,000, is in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendants Estate of Donald Karas, by and through its executors Nancy Bloom and Charles Karas, and Marital Trust Under the Will of Donald Karas, by and through its Trustees Nancy Bloom and Charles Karas, in the principal sum of $835,000, and the plaintiff cross-appeals, as limited by his brief, from stated portions of the same judgment.

ORDERED that the appeal by the defendants Nancy Bloom, individually, Charles Karas, individually, Natalie Karas, individually, and as beneficiary of Marital Trust Under the Will of Donald Karas, and Hope Assets, LLC, is dismissed, as those defendants are not aggrieved by the judgment appealed from (see CPLR 5501); and it is further,

SAM STATHIS, res-ap, v. ESTATE OF DONALD KARAS, ETC. APPELLANTSRESPONDENTS (AND A THIRD-PARTY ACTION)

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