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Furnari v. Rutigliano

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 29, 1997
245 A.D.2d 541 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

December 29, 1997

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


Ordered that the order is modified, on the law, by deleting the provision thereof which granted that branch of the defendants' motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the first cause of action as against the individual defendants and substituting therefor a provision denying that branch of the defendants' motion; as so modified, the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

The Supreme Court improperly granted summary judgment to the individual defendants dismissing the first cause of action in the complaint inasmuch as the plaintiffs have raised triable issues of fact as to whether the labor and materials they provided for the improvement of the individual defendants' home were supplied with the consent or at the request of the individual defendants ( see, CPLR 3212 [b]). If the individual defendants requested or consented to the provision of the labor and materials in question the plaintiffs could properly file a mechanic's lien for the amount due or payable (see, Lien Law § 3).

Altman, J. P., Friedmann, Krausman and McGinity, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Furnari v. Rutigliano

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 29, 1997
245 A.D.2d 541 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

Furnari v. Rutigliano

Case Details

Full title:PAUL FURNARI et al., Appellants v. GEORGE RUTIGLIANO et al., Respondents

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

Date published: Dec 29, 1997

Citations

245 A.D.2d 541 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
667 N.Y.S.2d 52

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