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Concord Vil. Owners v. Keyspan Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 29, 2009
68 A.D.3d 677 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)

Opinion

No. 1905.

December 29, 2009.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Doris Ling-Cohan, J.), entered April 9, 2009, which, in an action for property damage caused by a ruptured gas main, insofar as appealed from, granted plaintiff's motion to reargue and, upon reargument, denied defendant Keyspan Corporation's previously granted motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against it, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Cullen and Dykman LLP, Brooklyn (Patrick Neglia of counsel), for appellant.

Dunnington, Bartholow Miller LLP, New York (Carol A. Sigmond of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Andrias, J.P., Friedman, Acosta, DeGrasse and Román, JJ.


The motion court providently exercised its discretion in granting reargument ( see Sheridan v Very, Ltd., 56 AD3d 305; Security Pac. Natl. Bank v Evans, 31 AD3d 278, 281, appeal dismissed 8 NY3d 837). Keyspan was on notice of the theory alleging that it was negligent in failing to provide complete and accurate information as to the precise location of the ruptured gas line, since the theory had been advanced in the complaint of another party in the consolidated action, had been raised in plaintiff's opposition papers on the prior motion and had been the subject of extensive deposition testimony ( see Manhattan Ctr. for Early Learning Inc. v New York Child Resource Ctr., Inc., 59 AD3d 365; see also Ramos v Jake Realty Co., 21 AD3d 744, 745). Furthermore, the record demonstrates that there are triable issues of fact as to this theory of liability.

We have considered Keyspan's other contentions and find them unavailing.


Summaries of

Concord Vil. Owners v. Keyspan Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 29, 2009
68 A.D.3d 677 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
Case details for

Concord Vil. Owners v. Keyspan Corp.

Case Details

Full title:CONCORD VILLAGE OWNERS, INC., Respondent, v. KEYSPAN CORPORATION…

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

Date published: Dec 29, 2009

Citations

68 A.D.3d 677 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 9720
891 N.Y.S.2d 400