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Caldwell v. Gumley-Haft

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 21, 2008
55 A.D.3d 408 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)

Opinion

No. 4329.

October 21, 2008.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Marylin G. Diamond, J.), entered March 5, 2008, which granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

William D. Fireman, P.C., New York (William D. Fireman of counsel), for appellants.

Braverman Associates, P.C., New York (Andreas E. Theodosiou of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Tom, J.P., Gonzalez, Williams, Moskowitz and Freedman, JJ.


Plaintiffs failed to present evidence raising a triable issue of fact as to whether defendant was affirmatively negligent or in complete and exclusive control of the building ( see Pelton v 77 Park Ave. Condominium, 38 AD3d 1, 11-12; Gardner v 1111 Corp., 286 App Div 110, affd 1 NY2d 758). Defendant established it did not have complete and exclusive control of the sponsor's building, it acted solely as the sponsor's agent, and was not liable for potentially negligent acts of the sponsor.

Plaintiffs failed to plead a cause of action for fraud with sufficient particularity (CPLR 3016 [b]). Although they alleged defendant's representations were false, there was no factual support for that assertion, or for any of the other elements of fraud ( see Friedman v Anderson, 23 AD3d 163, 166-167).


Summaries of

Caldwell v. Gumley-Haft

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 21, 2008
55 A.D.3d 408 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
Case details for

Caldwell v. Gumley-Haft

Case Details

Full title:CLARA CALDWELL et al., Appellants, v. GUMLEY-HAFT L.L.C., Respondent

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Oct 21, 2008

Citations

55 A.D.3d 408 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
2008 N.Y. Slip Op. 7968
866 N.Y.S.2d 46

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