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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Ferdinand D. Benjamin, Plaintiff, v. Santo Faro, Doing Business as Santo Faro Trucking Co., Appellant; L. B. Auto Sales, Inc., et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant.
   The liability of the appellant and defendant Giarizzo is a consolidated or unified one under section 211-a of the Civil Practice Act (Martindale v. Griffin, 233 App. Div. 510, affd. 259 N. Y. 530). For the purposes of contribution — within the meaning of section 211-a — they are jointly and severally liable for the portion of the judgment allocable to the entity they comprise. Judgment and order unanimously affirmed, with costs. Concur — Breitel, J. P., Rabin, Frank, Valente and Bastow, JJ.