Opinion
Argued June 3, 1976
Decided July 8, 1976
Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, MORRIS E. SPECTOR, J.
William F. McNulty, Daniel J. Coughlin and Anthony J. McNulty for appellant.
Michael B. Grossman and William F. Levine for respondent.
Order affirmed, without costs, on the ground of stare decisis alone (see Seider v Roth, 17 N.Y.2d 111; Simpson v Loehmann, 21 N.Y.2d 305; cf. People v Hobson, 39 N.Y.2d 479, 486-491; Matter of Eckart, 39 N.Y.2d 493, 498-502). Question certified answered in the affirmative.
Concur: Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE.