Degidio v. City of N.Y.

Decision Date08 October 2019
Docket NumberIndex 151460/13,59544/14,10018A,10018-
Parties Joseph DEGIDIO, Plaintiff–Respondent–Appellant, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK, et al., Defendants–Appellants–Respondents, Hoffman Equipment Company, et al., Defendants. Metropolitan Transportation Authority, et al., Third–Party Plaintiffs–Appellants–Respondents, v. Hoffman Equipment Company, Third–Party Defendant–Respondent–Appellant, J & E Industries, LLC, Third–Party Defendant–Respondent.
CourtNew York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

176 A.D.3d 452
110 N.Y.S.3d 413

Joseph DEGIDIO, Plaintiff–Respondent–Appellant,
v.
The CITY OF NEW YORK, et al., Defendants–Appellants–Respondents,

Hoffman Equipment Company, et al., Defendants.


Metropolitan Transportation Authority, et al., Third–Party Plaintiffs–Appellants–Respondents,
v.
Hoffman Equipment Company, Third–Party Defendant–Respondent–Appellant,

J & E Industries, LLC, Third–Party Defendant–Respondent.

10018-
10018A
Index 151460/13
59544/14

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

ENTERED: OCTOBER 8, 2019


110 N.Y.S.3d 414

Cullen & Dykman LLP, New York (Elio M. DiBerardino of counsel), for The City of New York and Hudson Yards Development Corporation, appellants-respondents.

Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP, Hawthorne (Mario Castellitto of counsel), for Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA Capital Construction, The New York City Transit Authority and the New York City Department of Transportation, appellants-respondents.

Fortunato & Fortunato, PLLC, Brooklyn (Louis A. Badolato of counsel), for Joseph DeGidio, respondent-appellant.

Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles, LLP, Islandia (John B. Saville of counsel), for Hoffman Equipment Company, respondent-appellant.

Shaub, Ahmuty, Citrin & Spratt LLP, Lake Success (Christopher Simone of counsel), for respondent.

Friedman, J.P., Sweeny, Richter, Mazzarelli, Webber, JJ.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County, (Arlene P. Bluth, J.), entered November 21, 2018, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied plaintiff's

110 N.Y.S.3d 415

motion for partial summary judgment on his Labor Law § 240(1) claim, granted defendants Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA Capital Construction, The New York City Transit Authority, and the New York City Department of Transportation's (collectively the MTA defendants) motion to dismiss plaintiff's

176 A.D.3d 453

Labor Law § 241(6) claim, granted defendant Hoffman Equipment Company's (Hoffman) motion to dismiss plaintiff's Labor Law § 200 and common law claims as against it, granted third-party defendant J & E Industries, LLC's (J & E) summary judgment motion to dismiss the indemnification claims against it, denied the MTA defendants' motion for summary judgment on their contractual indemnification claims against J & E, denied defendants the City of New York (City) and Hudson Yards Development Corporation's (Hudson Yards) cross motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's complaint as untimely, and denied Hoffman's summary judgment motion seeking dismissal of the MTA defendants' third-party complaint against it, unanimously modified, on the law, to grant plaintiff...

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