Nieves v. 1097 Walton Realty Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Nieves v. 1097 Walton Realty Co.

220 A.D.2d 329, 633 N.Y.S.2d 115, 1995 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10417

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided October 24, 1995·Published·Cited by 4 cases

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—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Jerry Crispino, J.), entered on or about June 30, 1994, which, inter alia, denied defendant-appellant’s motion for leave to amend its answer to assert counterclaims against plaintiff mother and granted plaintiffs cross motion to strike defendant-appellant’s first and second affirmative defenses of culpable conduct and assumption of the risk, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

We agree with the IAS Court that the proposed counterclaims were simply a disingenuous attempt to assert a negligent supervision claim against the plaintiff mother contrary to well-settled law (Holodook v Spencer, 36 NY2d 35, 51). Inasmuch as Multiple Dwelling Law § 78 and Administrative Code of the City of New York § 27-2013 (h) impose nondelegable duties upon defendant to keep its premises in good repair and remove or cover lead paint therein, respectively, the IAS Court properly struck the affirmative defenses of culpable conduct and assumption of the risk. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Kupferman, Asch and Tom, JJ.

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—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Jerry Crispino, J.), entered on or about June 30, 1994, which, inter alia, denied defendant-appellant’s motion for leave to amend its answer to assert counterclaims against plaintiff mother and granted plaintiffs cross motion to strike defendant-appellant’s first and second affirmative defenses of culpable conduct and assumption of the risk, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

We agree with the IAS Court that the proposed counterclaims were simply a disingenuous attempt to assert a negligent supervision claim against the plaintiff mother contrary to well-settled law (Holodook v Spencer, 36 NY2d 35, 51). Inasmuch as Multiple Dwelling Law § 78 and Administrative Code of the City of New York § 27-2013 (h) impose nondelegable duties upon defendant to keep its premises in good repair and remove or cover lead paint therein, respectively, the IAS Court properly struck the affirmative defenses of culpable conduct and assumption of the risk. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Kupferman, Asch and Tom, JJ.

Nieves v. 1097 Walton Realty Co., 220 A.D.2d 329, 633 N.Y.S.2d 115, 1995 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10417 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1995).

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