Cerbone v. Lauriano

Citation96 N.Y.S.3d 621,170 A.D.3d 942
Decision Date20 March 2019
Docket NumberIndex No. 12080/15,2017–10704
Parties Tatiana CERBONE, Appellant, v. Olga LAURIANO, et al., Defendants Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents; City of New York, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.
CourtNew York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

170 A.D.3d 942
96 N.Y.S.3d 621

Tatiana CERBONE, Appellant,
v.
Olga LAURIANO, et al., Defendants Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents;

City of New York, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.

2017–10704
Index No. 12080/15

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

Argued—November 19, 2018
March 20, 2019


96 N.Y.S.3d 622

Abbott Bushlow & Schechner, LLP, Ridgewood, N.Y. (Bruce E. Bushlow of counsel), for appellant.

Martyn & Martyn, Mineola, N.Y. (Megan C. Brady of counsel), for defendants third-party plaintiffs-respondents.

ALAN D. SCHEINKMAN, P.J., ROBERT J. MILLER, BETSY BARROS, VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ.

DECISION & ORDER

170 A.D.3d 942

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kevin J. Kerrigan, J.), dated August 21, 2017. The order, insofar as appealed from, granted the motion of the defendants, Olga Lauriano and Olga L. Lauriano, for summary judgment dismissing the amended complaint insofar as asserted against them and, in effect, searched the record and awarded summary judgment to the City of New York.

ORDERED that the order is modified, on the law, by deleting the provision thereof which, in effect, searched the record and awarded summary judgment to the City of New York; as so modified, the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with one bill of costs to the defendants, Olga Lauriano and Olga L. Lauriano, payable by the plaintiff.

On July 10, 2015, at about 10:15 a.m., the plaintiff allegedly sustained personal injuries when she tripped and fell on a defect on a sidewalk abutting property owned by the defendants Olga Lauriano and Olga L. Lauriano (hereinafter together

the homeowners). The homeowners answered the complaint and commenced a third-party action against the City of New York. The plaintiff thereafter interposed an amended complaint in...

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