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Lester v. Levick

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 24, 1977
41 N.Y.2d 940 (N.Y. 1977)

Opinion

Argued February 15, 1977

Decided March 24, 1977

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, GEORGE D. BURCHELL, J.

Lewis S. Sandler for Irving Levick, appellant.

Joseph Winston for Bernard Greenspan, appellant.

Herbert B. Ruskin and Richard Gyory for respondents.


Order reversed, with costs, and defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint granted on the dissenting memorandum by Mr. Justice MARCUS G. CHRIST at the Appellate Division ( 50 A.D.2d 860, 862-863). Question certified answered in the negative.

Concur: Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE.


Summaries of

Lester v. Levick

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 24, 1977
41 N.Y.2d 940 (N.Y. 1977)
Case details for

Lester v. Levick

Case Details

Full title:JACK M. LESTER et al., Respondents, v. IRVING LEVICK et al., Appellants

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Mar 24, 1977

Citations

41 N.Y.2d 940 (N.Y. 1977)
394 N.Y.S.2d 639
363 N.E.2d 363

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