Sabetay v. Sterling Drug, Inc.

Decided March 26, 1987. Stewart Freeborn Hancock Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

69 N.Y.2d 329 · Cited 365 times

Authorship attributed by a unique court + date + surname match against our roster (CourtListener recorded no author id for this opinion); verify against the official text. How we match.

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Murphy v. American Home Products Corp. · 58 N.Y.2d 293
• Weiner v. McGraw-Hill, Inc. · 57 N.Y.2d 458
• Toussaint v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield · 292 N.W.2d 880
• Grad v. Roberts · 14 N.Y.2d 70
• Wood v. . Duff-Gordon · 118 N.E. 214
• Sheets v. Teddy's Frosted Foods, Inc. · 179 Conn. 471
• Petermann v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 396 · 344 P.2d 25
• Monge v. Beebe Rubber Co. · 114 N.H. 130
• Martin v. New York Life Insurance · 42 N.E. 416
• Trombetta v. Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad · 265 N.W.2d 385
• Patrowich v. Chemical Bank · 98 A.D.2d 318
• Stewart v. State · 265 N.W.2d 489

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• Gmora v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 709 F. Supp. 337
• Sivel v. Readers Digest, Inc. · 677 F. Supp. 183
• Demicco v. Home Depot USA, Inc. · 101 F. Supp. 2d 122
• Wieder v. Skala · 80 N.Y.2d 628
• Rooney v. Tyson · 697 N.E.2d 571
• Cucchi v. New York City Off-Track Betting Corp. · 818 F. Supp. 647
• Fry v. McCall · 945 F. Supp. 655
• Hoffman-La Roche, Inc. v. Campbell · 512 So. 2d 725
• Horn v. New York Times · 790 N.E.2d 753
• Gambello v. Time Warner Communications, Inc. · 186 F. Supp. 2d 209
• McConchie v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · 985 F. Supp. 273
• McBride v. City of Sioux City · 444 N.W.2d 85
• Peters v. MCI Telecommunications Corp. · 685 F. Supp. 411
• Enowitz v. Sanwa Business Credit Corp. · 902 F. Supp. 59
• Slue v. New York University Medical Center · 409 F. Supp. 2d 349
• Bernhardt v. Tradition North America · 676 F. Supp. 2d 301
• Zucker v. Katz · 708 F. Supp. 525
• Melnyk v. Adria Laboratories · 799 F. Supp. 301
• Sabatowski v. Fisher Price Toys · 763 F. Supp. 705
• Townsend v. Harrison Radiator Division, General Motors Corp. · 760 F. Supp. 286
• Jones v. Dunkirk Radiator Corp. · 778 F. Supp. 108
• Coan v. Tremont Advisors, Inc. · 129 F. Supp. 2d 113
• Ingle v. Glamore Motor Sales, Inc. · 73 N.Y.2d 183
• Leibowitz v. Bank Leumi Trust Co. · 152 A.D.2d 169
• Chimarev v. TD Waterhouse Investor Services, Inc. · 280 F. Supp. 2d 208

Explore from here

Stewart Freeborn Hancock Jr.’s Judicial Record · N.Y. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).