Domestic partners David Fink and Carl Levine purchased three grave plots in a cemetery owned by the Jewish Center of the Hamptons (JCOH).
After Levine was buried in one of those plots, the JCOH rejected Fink's grave-marker request but granted that of Levine's daughter, Caren Stanley.
In a suit filed with the Suffolk County Supreme Court, Fink sought a court order directing Bernard Grobart (former head of the JCOH) to remove Stanley's marker. When the lower court dismissed his case, Fink appealed to the Appellate Division, Second Department.
Since Grobart had resigned from JCOH back in 2006, the AD2 thought the case had been brought against the wrong party and had been properly dismissed.
Was this case DOA?
To view a copy of the Appellate Division's decision, please use this link: Fink v. Grobart