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Mandel v. Criares

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 6, 1956
1 A.D.2d 830 (N.Y. App. Div. 1956)

Summary

In Mandel v. Criares (1 A.D.2d 830) a tenant was asphyxiated by the escape of gas from a gas refrigerator in the multiple dwelling.

Summary of this case from Glasgow v. Drakes

Opinion

February 6, 1956


In an action to recover damages for the wrongful death of plaintiff's intestate, who is alleged to have been asphyxiated by poisonous gases escaping from a defective refrigerator in plaintiff's apartment in a multiple dwelling, respondent, the owner of said dwelling, served a third-party complaint against the Brooklyn Union Gas Company alleging negligence on its part, in having made faulty, defective and negligent repairs to the refrigerator, and breach of warranty. The appeal is from an order denying the motion of the gas company to dismiss the third-party complaint. Order reversed, with $10 costs and disbursements, and motion granted, with leave to serve an amended third-party complaint within twenty days after the entry of the order hereon, if so advised. Respondent is an active tort-feasor pursuant to section 78 Mult. Dwell. of the Multiple Dwelling Law and her third-party complaint alleges no facts to establish the primary liability of the gas company but only the conclusory statement that any recovery by the plaintiff must be based upon its negligence. As alleged in the third-party complaint, the gas company would be a tort-feasor in pari delicto. Similarly, the allegations in the third-party complaint, insofar as they purport to plead an agreement by the gas company to make repairs and the breach of such agreement, are purely conclusory. In order to impose liability upon the gas company on any basis, whether in tort or contract, all the essential facts which give rise to such liability must be set forth. Nolan, P.J., Wenzel, Beldock, Murphy and Kleinfeld, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Mandel v. Criares

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 6, 1956
1 A.D.2d 830 (N.Y. App. Div. 1956)

In Mandel v. Criares (1 A.D.2d 830) a tenant was asphyxiated by the escape of gas from a gas refrigerator in the multiple dwelling.

Summary of this case from Glasgow v. Drakes
Case details for

Mandel v. Criares

Case Details

Full title:MILTON MANDEL, as Administrator of the Estate of BURTON MANDEL, Deceased…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Feb 6, 1956

Citations

1 A.D.2d 830 (N.Y. App. Div. 1956)

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