Esposito v. Bob Iko Excavation

• Decision Date: 16 February 1999
• Citation: 683 N.Y.S.2d 895,258 A.D.2d 555
• Parties: Richard ESPOSITO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BOB IKO EXCAVATION, Defendant Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent; Yellow Freight System, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant. . Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Second Department
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

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Richard ESPOSITO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BOB IKO EXCAVATION, Defendant Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent; Yellow Freight System, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.

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

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

Feb. 16, 1999.

McCabe & Mack, LLP, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Elizabeth R. Baum of counsel), for third-party defendant-appellant.

Thomas M. Bona, P.C., White Plains, N.Y. (James C. Miller of counsel), for defendant third-party plaintiff-respondent.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the third-party defendant Yellow Freight System, Inc., appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Murphy, J.), dated July 2, 1997, which denied its motion to dismiss the third-party complaint.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court properly concluded that the Omnibus Workers' Compensation Act of 1996 (L.1996, ch. 635, § 2) is inapplicable under the circumstances presented, i.e., where the main action was pending at the time that statute became effective but the third-party action was commenced shortly thereafter (see, Majewski v. Broadalbin-Perth Cent. School Dist., 91 N.Y.2d 577, 590, 673 N.Y.S.2d 966, 696 N.E.2d 978; cf., Morales v. Gross, 230 A.D.2d 7, 657 N.Y.S.2d 711; see also, Maher v. Whitehead, --- A.D.2d ----, 678 N.Y.S.2d 271; Blessinger v. Estee Lauder Cos., 246 A.D.2d 363, 668 N.Y.S.2d 16; Caponi v. Great Atl. and Pac. Tea Co., 177 Misc.2d 47, 49, 675 N.Y.S.2d 822; Delacruz v. Wistyn, NYLJ, Nov. 3, 1997, at 27, col. 6; Seymour v. Victor Balata Belting Co., 174 Misc.2d 677, 665 N.Y.S.2d 1010).

BRACKEN, J.P., O'BRIEN, THOMPSON and FRIEDMANN, JJ., concur.