1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. A.D.
  4. 284 A.D.
  5. 284 A.D. 538 (1954)
 

KOMAR v. DUN & BRADSTREET CO.

284 A.D. 538 (1954)

Anthony Komar, Respondent, v. Dun & Bradstreet Co., Inc., et al., Appellants, et al., Defendant Dun & Bradstreet Co., Inc., et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. A. Greene Co., Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

July 19, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Archie B. Morrison of counsel (Daniel R. Harvey and Robert A. Dwyer with him on the brief; William S. O'Connor, attorney), for appellants.

Eugene J. Morris of counsel (Albert J. Rosenthal with him on the brief; Gustave G. Rosenberg and Leon Himmelfarbe, attorneys), for respondent.

Harry Schechter of counsel (Bernard Katzen and William H. Stieglitz with him on the brief; Bernard Katzen, attorney), for third-party defendant-respondent.

Present — DORE, J. P., CALLAHAN, BREITEL, BASTOW and BOTEIN, JJ. Opinion by CALLAHAN, J. BREITEL and BASTOW, JJ., dissent and vote to reverse and order a new trial unless plaintiff stipulates to reduce the verdict to $60,000 in which event the judgment, as so modified, is affirmed; dissenting opinion by BASTOW, J.

CALLAHAN, J.

On February 3, 1950, the George A. Fuller Company, as general contractor, entered into an agreement with A. Greene Co., Inc., subcontractor, for the demolition of a number of buildings in New York City. The demolition was in preparation of a site for the construction of a large office building by Fuller, as general contractor, for Dun & Bradstreet Co., Inc., the owner.

In the course of...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases