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Castrogiovanni v. Corporate Property

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 23, 2000
276 A.D.2d 660 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

Argued September 25, 2000

October 23, 2000.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant third-party plaintiff, F.J. Sciame Construction Co., Inc., appeals, as limited by its brief, from (1) so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Emilio, J.), dated March 31, 1999, as denied its cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the plaintiffs' Labor Law § 200 and common-law negligence claims, and all such cross claims insofar as asserted against it, and for summary judgment on its cross claim for contractual indemnification against the defendant Continental Consolidated Industries and against the third-party defendant, Aroostook Installations, and (2) so much of an order and judgment (one paper) of the same court, entered July 23, 1999, as granted the same relief.

Klein, DiSomma McGlynn, New York, N.Y. (Martin M. McGlynn of counsel), for defendant third-party plaintiff-appellant.

Ronan McDonnell Kehoe, Melville, N.Y. (Christopher J. Power of counsel), for defendant-respondent.

DeCicco, Gibbons McNamara, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Daniel J. McNamara and Andrew Zotos of counsel), for third-party defendant-respondent.

Before: LAWRENCE J. BRACKEN, J.P., FRED T. SANTUCCI, WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, THOMAS R. SULLIVAN, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the appeal from the order is dismissed, as the order was superseded by the order and judgment; and it is further,

ORDERED that the order and judgment is affirmed; and it is further,

ORDERED that one bill of costs is awarded to the respondents appearing separately and filing separate briefs.

There are questions of fact concerning the degree of supervision and control exercised by the appellant general contractor, and whether it had notice of the dangerous condition which allegedly caused the injured plaintiff's accident. Moreover, the General Obligations Law prohibits the enforcement of an indemnification clause to the extent that the party seeking indemnification was negligent (see, General Obligations Law §; 5-322.1; see also, Itri Brick Concrete Corp. v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Co., 89 N.Y.2d 786). Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly denied the appellant's cross motion for summary judgment (see, Comes v. NYS Electric, 82 N.Y.2d 876; Zuckerman v. City of New York, 49 N.Y.2d 557).


Summaries of

Castrogiovanni v. Corporate Property

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 23, 2000
276 A.D.2d 660 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Castrogiovanni v. Corporate Property

Case Details

Full title:STEPHEN CASTROGIOVANNI, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. CORPORATE…

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

Date published: Oct 23, 2000

Citations

276 A.D.2d 660 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
714 N.Y.S.2d 332

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