
    [979 NE2d 802, 955 NYS2d 543]
    Ricky D. West et al., Respondents, v Mark Hogan et al., Appellants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants. David Vande-Water, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.
    Decided October 25, 2012
    
      APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
    
      Colucci & Gallaher, P.C., Buffalo (Paul G. Joyce of counsel), for appellants.
    
      Conboy, McKay, Bachman & Kendall, LLP, Watertown (Peter L. Walton of counsel), for respondents.
   OPINION OF THE COURT

On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.11), order affirmed, with costs. The courts below did not err as a matter of law in awarding punitive damages (see Ross v Louise Wise Servs., Inc., 8 NY3d 478, 489 [2007]).

Concur: Chief Judge Lippman and Judges Ciparick, Graffeo, Read, Smith, Pigott and Jones.  