Case ID: ny-2d_84/html/0927-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

[644 NE2d 1368,620 NYS2d 812]
    Carven Associates, Also Known as Carvan Associates, et al., Respondents, v American Home Assurance Corp., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant. Delro Industries, Inc., et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellants, et al., Third-Party Defendants.
    Argued October 27, 1994;
    decided November 29, 1994
    
      APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
    
      Mound, Cotton & Wollan, New York City (Andrew C. Jacobson, Diane P. Simon and David I. Schonbrun of counsel), for defendant and third-party plaintiff-appellant.
    
      Herzfeld & Rubin, P. C, New York City (David B. Hamm, Herbert Rubin, Ellin Mulholland and Linda M. Brown of counsel), for Delro Industries, Inc., third-party defendant-oppellant.
    
      Spiegel, Pergament & Brown, Poughkeepsie (Donald D. Brown, Jr., and Cynthia K. Fichera of counsel), for Litton Systems, Inc., third-party defendant-appellant.
    
      Bartlett, McDonough, Bastone & Monaghan, White Plains 
      (Edward J. Guardaro, Jr., of counsel), for Northberry Concrete Corp., third-party defendant-appellant.
    
      Wilson, Bave, Conboy & Bave, P. C., White Plains (John P. Perfetti of counsel), for Charles V. Castaldo Construction Corp., third-party defendant-appellant.
    
      Weg & Myers, P. C., New York City (Dennis T. D’Antonio, Myrle L. Davis and Joshua L. Mallín of counsel), for respondents.
   OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, without costs, and the order of Supreme Court dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint reinstated. The certified question should be answered in the negative.

In the singular circumstances presented by this appeal we conclude that Supreme Court properly exercised its discretion to dismiss the complaint and the third-party complaint, even after its previous denial of defendant American Home’s motion had been affirmed by the Appellate Division, First Department (173 AD2d 369). A subsequent order of the Appellate Division, Second Department (175 AD2d 790), determined that a prior action by plaintiffs based upon the same events as the present action had been dismissed for their willful and repeated refusal to obey court-ordered disclosure and accordingly, plaintiffs were not entitled to reinstitute their action against defendant (see, CPLR 205 [a]).

Chief Judge Kaye and Judges Simons, Titone, Bellacosa, Levine and Ciparick concur in memorandum; Judge Smith taking no part.

Order reversed, etc.