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Dollard v. WB/Stellar IP Owner, LLC

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Jun 14, 2012
96 A.D.3d 533 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012)

Opinion

2012-06-14

Rose Welsh DOLLARD, Plaintiff, v. WB/STELLAR IP OWNER, LLC, et al., Defendants. [And A Third Party Action] WB/Stellar IP Owner, LLC, Second Third–Party Plaintiff–Respondent, v. New York City Economic Development Corporation, Second Third–Party Defendant, Friends of Greenwich Street, Inc., Second Third–Party Defendant–Appellant.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York (Dan C. Kozusko of counsel), for appellant. Brill & Associates, P.C., New York (Corey M. Reichardt of counsel), for respondent.



Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York (Dan C. Kozusko of counsel), for appellant. Brill & Associates, P.C., New York (Corey M. Reichardt of counsel), for respondent.
, J.P., FRIEDMAN, SWEENY, MANZANET–DANIELS, ROMÁN, JJ.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Barbara Jaffe, J.), entered November 4, 2011, which denied the motion of second third-party defendant Friends of Greenwich Street, Inc. (Friends) to dismiss the second third-party complaint as against it, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff was injured when she allegedly tripped and fell on a cracked and uneven portion of the sidewalk that abutted a building owned by defendant/second third-party plaintiff WB/Stellar IP Owner, LLC (Stellar). Stellar commenced this second third-party action against, inter alia, Friends and asserted claims for contribution and common-law indemnification.

“In assessing a motion under CPLR 3211(a)(7) ... a court may freely consider affidavits submitted by the [non-moving party] to remedy any defects in the complaint and the criterion is whether the proponent of the pleading has a cause of action, not whether he has stated one” (Leon v. Martinez, 84 N.Y.2d 83, 88, 614 N.Y.S.2d 972, 638 N.E.2d 511 [1994] [internal quotation marks and citations omitted] ). Here, the court properly concluded that the pleadings together with the affidavit from Stellar's property manager sufficiently alleged claims for contribution and common-law indemnification against Friends. Stellar and its property manager stated that Friends installed, inspected and maintained the portion of the sidewalk on which plaintiff fell and that it did so in a negligent manner ( see generally Raquet v. Braun, 90 N.Y.2d 177, 182–183, 659 N.Y.S.2d 237, 681 N.E.2d 404 [1997];see Velez v. 19–27 Orchard St. LLC, 70 A.D.3d 488, 895 N.Y.S.2d 56 [2010];Peretich v. City of New York, 263 A.D.2d 410, 411, 693 N.Y.S.2d 576 [1999] ).


Summaries of

Dollard v. WB/Stellar IP Owner, LLC

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Jun 14, 2012
96 A.D.3d 533 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012)
Case details for

Dollard v. WB/Stellar IP Owner, LLC

Case Details

Full title:Rose Welsh DOLLARD, Plaintiff, v. WB/STELLAR IP OWNER, LLC, et al.…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.

Date published: Jun 14, 2012

Citations

96 A.D.3d 533 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012)
948 N.Y.S.2d 243
2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 4825

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