Sellitti v. TJX Cos.

Decision Date01 April 2015
Docket Number2014-03911, Index No. 18213/11.
Citation2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 02748,127 A.D.3d 724,6 N.Y.S.3d 559
PartiesVincent R. SELLITTI, etc., et al., plaintiffs-respondents, v. TJX COMPANIES, INC., appellant, 1832 Realty, LLC, defendant-respondent.
CourtNew York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

127 A.D.3d 724
6 N.Y.S.3d 559
2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 02748

Vincent R. SELLITTI, etc., et al., plaintiffs-respondents
v.
TJX COMPANIES, INC., appellant
1832 Realty, LLC, defendant-respondent.

2014-03911, Index No. 18213/11.

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

April 1, 2015.


6 N.Y.S.3d 559

McAndrew, Conboy & Prisco LLP, Melville, N.Y. (Mary C. Azzaretto of counsel), for appellant.

Raymond J. Pezzoli, Staten Island, N.Y., for plaintiffs-respondents.

Miller Leiby & Associates, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Jeffrey R. Miller of counsel), for defendant-respondent.

REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., LEONARD B. AUSTIN, SHERI S. ROMAN, and BETSY BARROS, JJ.

Opinion

127 A.D.3d 724

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant TJX

6 N.Y.S.3d 560

Companies, Inc., appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Martin, J.), dated March 14, 2014, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against it and on its cross claims for contractual and common-law indemnification.

127 A.D.3d 725

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with one bill of costs payable to the respondents appearing separately and filing separate briefs.

The infant plaintiff allegedly slipped and fell on ice located on a sidewalk abutting certain premises owned by the defendant 1832 Realty, Inc. (hereinafter 1832 Realty), and leased entirely by the defendant TJX Companies, Inc. (hereinafter TJX). The infant plaintiff, and his father suing derivatively, thereafter commenced this action against the defendants. The plaintiffs alleged, inter alia, that drops of water falling from a fire escape at the subject property caused the icy condition to develop. TJX cross-claimed against 1832 Realty for contractual and common-law indemnification. TJX moved for summary judgment...

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