Pienta v. A.W. Chesterton Co. (In re Eighth Judicial Dist. Asbestos Litig.)

Full title: IN THE MATTER OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ASBESTOS LITIGATION. BETH…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

Date published: Jul 8, 2016

2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 5458 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)

Opinion

454 CA 15-01237

07-08-2016

IN THE MATTER OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ASBESTOS LITIGATION. BETH ANN PIENTA, AS SUCCESSOR EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF LEE HOLDSWORTH, DECEASED, AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF CAROL A. HOLDSWORTH, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, AND CRANE CO., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. (APPEAL NO. 2.)

K & L GATES LLP, NEW YORK CITY (MICHAEL J. ROSS, OF THE PENNSYLVANIA BAR, ADMITTED PRO HAC VICE, OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. LIPSITZ & PONTERIO, LLC, BUFFALO (DENNIS P. HARLOW OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT.

WHALEN, P.J., CARNI, NEMOYER, TROUTMAN, AND SCUDDER, JJ.

PRESENT:

K & L GATES LLP, NEW YORK CITY (MICHAEL J. ROSS, OF THE PENNSYLVANIA BAR, ADMITTED PRO HAC VICE, OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

LIPSITZ & PONTERIO, LLC, BUFFALO (DENNIS P. HARLOW OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Jeremiah J. Moriarty, III, J.), entered June 5, 2015. The order denied the motion of defendant Crane Co. for a stay.

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs (see Hughes v Nussbaumer, Clarke & Velzy , 140 AD2d 988; Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. v Roberts & Roberts , 63 AD2d 566, 567; see also CPLR 5501 [a] [1]).

Entered: July 8, 2016

Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court