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Diaz v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 11, 2004
5 A.D.3d 195 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)

Opinion

3100.

Decided March 11, 2004.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Jerry Crispino, J.), entered on or about January 31, 2003, which, in an action for personal injuries sustained on the sidewalk adjacent to premises occupied by defendant/third-party plaintiff commercial tenant, granted third-party defendant landlord's motion for summary judgment dismissing the third-party complaint, and for summary judgment on its counterclaim to recover its litigation costs incurred in defending the third-party action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Jennifer B. Ettenger, for Plaintiff.

David A. Drossman, for Defendants.

Before: Buckley, P.J., Williams, Lerner, Marlow, JJ.


Insofar as pertinent, the lease required tenant to procure insurance covering the landlord as well as itself for accidents occurring on the adjacent sidewalk. Tenant failed to procure the insurance. The penalty for such breach is liability for all resulting out-of-pocket damages, including landlord's cost of defending tenant's third-party action against it ( cf. Inchaustegui v. 666 5th Ave. Ltd, 96 N.Y.2d 111; Kinney v. G.W. Lisk Co., 76 N.Y.2d 215, 219; Morel v. City of New York, 192 A.D.2d 428).

We have considered tenant's other arguments and find them unavailing.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

Diaz v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 11, 2004
5 A.D.3d 195 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
Case details for

Diaz v. City of New York

Case Details

Full title:JULIAN DIAZ, Plaintiff, v. THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ET AL., Defendants. ARIES…

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

Date published: Mar 11, 2004

Citations

5 A.D.3d 195 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
772 N.Y.S.2d 811

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