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Gernatt Asphalt Products, Inc. v. Bensal Construction

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Nov 22, 1983
458 N.E.2d 821 (N.Y. 1983)

Summary

adopting dissent in lower court opinion at 90 A.D.2d 993, 456 N.Y.S.2d 590 (App.Div. 1982)

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Opinion

Argued October 19, 1983

Decided November 22, 1983

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department, SAMUEL L. GREEN, J.

Frank T. Gaglione and Lawrence A. Schulz for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard J. Attea for third-party and interpleaded defendants-appellants.

John M. Wilson, II, for respondents.

Glen L. Archer, Jr., Assistant Attorney-General, Salvatore R. Martoche, United States Attorney, Joan I. Oppenheimer, Michael L. Paup and Richard W. Perkins for the United States of America, third-party and interpleaded defendant-respondent.



Order modified, with costs to appellants, to the extent of denying defendants' motions for summary judgment for the reasons stated in the dissenting in part memorandum at the Appellate Division ( 90 A.D.2d 993), and, as so modified, affirmed.

Concur: Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE.


Summaries of

Gernatt Asphalt Products, Inc. v. Bensal Construction

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Nov 22, 1983
458 N.E.2d 821 (N.Y. 1983)

adopting dissent in lower court opinion at 90 A.D.2d 993, 456 N.Y.S.2d 590 (App.Div. 1982)

Summary of this case from Pennex Aluminum, v. Int'l Fidelity Ins.
Case details for

Gernatt Asphalt Products, Inc. v. Bensal Construction

Case Details

Full title:GERNATT ASPHALT PRODUCTS, INC., Appellant, v. BENSAL CONSTRUCTION, INC.…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Nov 22, 1983

Citations

458 N.E.2d 821 (N.Y. 1983)
458 N.E.2d 821
470 N.Y.S.2d 362

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