Opinion
Argued May 11, 1982
Decided June 10, 1982
Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, JOHN A. MONTELEONE, J.
Albert N. Podell and Stuart A. Blander for City of New York, appellant.
Charlene I. Lund for Harry Franco, appellant.
Robert S. Fader, John Anthony Bonina and Charles H. Dobkin for plaintiff-respondent.
Audrey Rogers, J. Robert Morris, L. Kevin Sheridan and Steven Di Joseph for third-party defendant-respondent.
Order affirmed, with costs, and question certified answered in the affirmative for reasons stated in the opinion by Presiding Justice MILTON MOLLEN at the Appellate Division ( 82 A.D.2d 420).
Concur: Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER.