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Town of Oyster Bay v. Zara

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
Apr 24, 2012
94 A.D.3d 1094 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012)

Opinion

2012-04-24

TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, appellant, v. S. ZARA AND SONS CONTRACTING CORPORATION, respondent.

Carman, Callahan & Ingham, LLP, Farmingdale, N.Y. (Michael F. Ingham of counsel), for appellant. Wade Clark Mulcahy, New York, N.Y. (Robert J. Cosgrove, Cheryl Fuchs, and Christopher O'Leary of counsel), for respondent.


Carman, Callahan & Ingham, LLP, Farmingdale, N.Y. (Michael F. Ingham of counsel), for appellant. Wade Clark Mulcahy, New York, N.Y. (Robert J. Cosgrove, Cheryl Fuchs, and Christopher O'Leary of counsel), for respondent.

In an action to recover damages for continuing public nuisance, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Palmieri, J.), entered December 3, 2010, which, in effect, granted that branch of the defendant's motion which was, in effect, pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(5) to dismiss the complaint as time-barred.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff alleges that, pursuant to a contract with Nassau County, the defendant completed certain sewer construction work in 1986, and that defects in the construction work constitute and contribute to a continuing public nuisance. The action is time-barred for the reasons stated in the companion case of Village of Lindenhurst v. J.D. Posillico, Inc., 94 A.D.3d 1101, –––N.Y.S.2d ––––, 2012 WL 1415133 [decided herewith].

The plaintiff's contentions relating to alleged statutory violations are not properly before this Court.

RIVERA, J.P., DILLON, ANGIOLILLO and LEVENTHAL, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Town of Oyster Bay v. Zara

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
Apr 24, 2012
94 A.D.3d 1094 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012)
Case details for

Town of Oyster Bay v. Zara

Case Details

Full title:TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, appellant, v. S. ZARA AND SONS CONTRACTING…

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

Date published: Apr 24, 2012

Citations

94 A.D.3d 1094 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012)
2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 3173
942 N.Y.S.2d 806

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