Knorr v. City of Albany
| Decision Date | 07 July 1977 |
| Docket Number | No. 1,No. 2,1,2 |
| Citation | 396 N.Y.S.2d 507,58 A.D.2d 904 |
| Parties | George A. KNORR, Appellant, v. CITY OF ALBANY, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, Westgate North, Inc., Third-Party Defendant and Second Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, Jeffrey M. Goldberg, Defendant. (Action) George A. KNORR, Plaintiff, v. Jeffrey M. GOLDBERG, Defendant. (Action) |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Richard C. Johnson, Albany, for appellant.
DeGraff, Foy, Conway & Holt-Harris, Albany (Frederick C. Riester, Albany, of counsel), for Westgate North, Inc.
Before KOREMAN, P. J., and GREENBLOTT, KANE, LARKIN and HERLIHY, JJ.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered December 6, 1976 in Albany County, which granted a motion by third-party defendant Westgate North, Inc., for an order dismissing the amended complaint upon the ground that the statute of limitations had expired.
Plaintiff was allegedly injured on January 23, 1972 when the vehicle in which he was a passenger collided with a fire hydrant maintained by the City of Albany. Plaintiff commenced an action against the City contending that his injuries were due solely to the negligence of the City of Albany with respect to the positioning of the fire hydrant and the lack of warning as to its location, thereby creating and failing to remedy a dangerous condition. Thereafter the City of Albany served a third-party summons and complaint upon the third-party defendant on or about January 15, 1974 seeking indemnification pursuant to CPLR 1007, which was timely answered. Copies of these papers were not served upon plaintiff. On December 10, 1975 a jury was selected and prior to opening statements, the third-party defendant's counsel informed the court that it would object if plaintiff introduced any evidence directly against it. The next day plaintiff served an amended complaint upon the third-party defendant alleging a direct cause of action against it. By its answer to the amended complaint and by motion, the third-party defendant raised the affirmative defense of the statute of limitations. The trial court granted the third-party defendant's motion and the instant appeal ensued.
Plaintiff contends that the claim contained in the amended complaint against the third-party defendant was not barred by the three-year statute of limitations for personal injury actions. Plaintiff concedes its service of the summons and amended complaint was not made until more than three years had passed from the date of the accident, but asserts that the operation of subdivision (e) of CPLR 203, which establishes a "relation back" effect, saves the claim since the original summons and complaint were additionally served upon the third-party defendant by the City of Albany within three years after the cause of action arose, when the City commenced its third-party action. Respondent contends that plaintiff is attempting...
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