Maher v. Whitehead

• Decision Date: 05 October 1998
• Citation: 254 A.D.2d 263,678 N.Y.S.2d 271
• Parties: 1998 N.Y. Slip Op. 8512 Elizabeth MAHER, Plaintiff, v. Lois WHITEHEAD, Defendant Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, et al., Defendants; Anthony D. Taylor, et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellants. . Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Second Department
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

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678 N.Y.S.2d 271

1998 N.Y. Slip Op. 8512

Elizabeth MAHER, Plaintiff,

v.

Lois WHITEHEAD, Defendant Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent,

et al., Defendants;

Anthony D. Taylor, et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division,

Second Department.

Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division,

Second Department.

Oct. 5, 1998.

Alan D. Scheinkman, County Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Stacey Dolgin-Kmetz and Lea L. Bahl of counsel), for third-party defendants-appellants.

Bryan M. Rothenberg, Mineola, N.Y. (Paula Scibilia of counsel), for defendant third-party plaintiff-respondent Lois Whitehead, and Vincent P. Crisci, New York, N.Y. (Domenick L. D'Angelica of counsel), for defendants Clide A. Cook and Edward Cook (one brief filed).

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the third-party defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Bellantoni, J.), entered July 3, 1997, as denied their motion to dismiss the third-party complaint.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The Supreme Court properly concluded that the Omnibus Worker's Compensation Reform Act of 1996 (L.1996, ch. 635, § 2), is inapplicable under the circumstances presented (see, Majewski v. Broadalbin-Perth Cent. School Dist., 91 N.Y.2d 577, 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, Blessinger v. Estee Lauder Co., 246 A.D.2d 363, 668 N.Y.S.2d 16; Caponi v. Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., 177 Misc.2d 47, 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).

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