Manhattan Ctr. for Early Learning Inc. v New York Child Resource Ctr., Inc.
2009 NY Slip Op 01426 [59 AD3d 365]
February 26, 2009
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, April 1, 2009


Manhattan Center for Early Learning Inc. et al., Appellants,
v
New York Child Resource Center, Inc., Respondent, et al., Defendant.

[*1] Yeskoo Hogan & Tamlyn, LLP, New York (Richard C. Yeskoo of counsel), for appellants.

Law Offices of Bruce Levinson, New York (Bruce Levinson of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rolando T. Acosta, J.), entered January 3, 2008, granting the motion of defendant New York Child Resource Center, Inc. for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion denied, the complaint reinstated and the matter remanded for further proceedings.

The motion should not have been granted where the record shows that defendant deprived plaintiffs of an opportunity to obtain court-ordered depositions, at which plaintiffs may have been able to obtain helpful testimony (see Nelson v Bestway Coach Express, 36 AD3d 488 [2007]). Furthermore, although the complaint was sparse, plaintiffs' submissions in opposition to the motion raise triable issues of fact regarding their claim for tortious interference with contract, including on the element of damages (see Click Model Mgt. v Williams, 167 AD2d 279, 280 [1990], lv denied 77 NY2d 805 [1991]; see also Ramos v Jake Realty Co., 21 AD3d 744, 745 [2005]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Andrias, Nardelli, Buckley and DeGrasse, JJ.