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Forte v. Bahary

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 2, 1992
181 A.D.2d 657 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

Opinion

March 2, 1992

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Burke, J.).


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court acted properly in denying the appellants' motion for summary judgment. While the indemnification provision contained in the lease between the appellants and the defendant Zeibeq Food Enterprises (hereinafter Zeibeq) evinces an unmistakable intent that Zeibeq would indemnify the appellants for claims which did not arise out of the appellants' own negligence (see generally, Hogeland v Sibley, Lindsay Curr Co., 42 N.Y.2d 153; Ebbecke v Bay View Envtl. Servs., 145 A.D.2d 524), it is unclear from the facts of this case whether the plaintiff's injuries resulted from the negligence of the appellants or of Zeibeq. Accordingly, it cannot be determined as a matter of law from the present record whether the indemnification clause is applicable (see, e.g., Abreu v Supermarkets Gen. Corp., 150 A.D.2d 413).

The appellants' equitable estoppel claim is not properly before us, as it was not advanced in the Supreme Court. In any event, we note that the elements of equitable estoppel are not adequately made out on this record.

It should be noted that our disposition of this appeal does not prejudice any rights which the appellants may have under the insurance procurement provision which is set forth in their lease with Zeibeq (see generally, Kinney v Lisk Co., 76 N.Y.2d 215). Thompson, J.P., Sullivan, Harwood and Balletta, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Forte v. Bahary

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 2, 1992
181 A.D.2d 657 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
Case details for

Forte v. Bahary

Case Details

Full title:GLORIA FORTE, Plaintiff, v. DAVID S. BAHARY et al., Appellants, and ZEIBEQ…

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

Date published: Mar 2, 1992

Citations

181 A.D.2d 657 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
580 N.Y.S.2d 778

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