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· 2/23/1993

Colnaghi, U.S.A., Ltd. v. Jewelers Protection Services, Ltd.

Citations

  • 81 N.Y.2d 821

How courts have described this case

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  • equating gross negligence with \reckless disregard\ and \intentional wrongdoing\ (citing Sommer v. Fed. Signal Corp., 79 N.Y.2d 540, 583 N.Y.S.2d 957, 593 N.E.2d 1365, 1371 (1992))
  • defining gross negligence as “conduct that evinces a reckless disregard for the rights of others or ‘smacks’ of intentional wrongdoing.”
  • “[The evidence,] while perhaps suggestive of negligence or even ‘gross negligence’ as used elsewhere, does not evince the recklessness necessary to abrogate [the plaintiffs] agreement to absolve [the defendant] from negligence claims.”

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Judges: Acting Chief Judge Simons and Judges Kaye, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa Concur in Memorandum Judge Smith Taking No Part

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