Pochari v. County of Westchester

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Pochari v. County of Westchester

15 A.D.2d 823, 225 N.Y.S.2d 229, 1962 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11270

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided February 26, 1962·Published·Cited by 1 cases

Opinion

In our opinion the complaint and Trumid’s cross complaint against Gamewell alleges active and passive negligence and, therefore, impleader is proper. A cross complaint or a third-party complaint is deemed sufficient on the pleadings if there is any possibility of liability over against a third party (Putvin v. Buffalo Elec. Co., 5 N Y 2d 447; Marzella v. Carlson Hoist & Mach. Co., 280 App. Div. 955; Robinson v. Binghamton Constr. Co., 277 App. Div. 468; Schoenfeld v. Four Leaf Clover Realty Corp., 273 App. Div. 824). Beldock, P. J., Ughetta, Kleinfeld, Christ and Brennan, JJ., concur.

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In our opinion the complaint and Trumid’s cross complaint against Gamewell alleges active and passive negligence and, therefore, impleader is proper. A cross complaint or a third-party complaint is deemed sufficient on the pleadings if there is any possibility of liability over against a third party (Putvin v. Buffalo Elec. Co., 5 N Y 2d 447; Marzella v. Carlson Hoist & Mach. Co., 280 App. Div. 955; Robinson v. Binghamton Constr. Co., 277 App. Div. 468; Schoenfeld v. Four Leaf Clover Realty Corp., 273 App. Div. 824). Beldock, P. J., Ughetta, Kleinfeld, Christ and Brennan, JJ., concur.

Pochari v. County of Westchester, 15 A.D.2d 823, 225 N.Y.S.2d 229, 1962 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11270 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1962).

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