Case Title: Schnapp v Miller's Launch, Inc.

Citation: 2018 NY Slip Op 02831

Docket Number: 

State: new-york

Court: New York Appellate Court

Date: 2018-04-26T00:00:00Z

Document:
Schnapp v Miller's Launch, Inc.

2018 NY Slip Op 02831

Decided on April 26, 2018

Court of Appeals

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.


Decided on April 26, 2018

No. 87 SSM 43

[*1]Wayne Schnapp, Respondent,
vMiller's Launch, Inc., Appellant.


Submitted by Michael E. Stern, for appellant.
Submitted by Paul T. Hofmann, for respondent.


On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules, order affirmed, with costs, and certified question answered in the affirmative. Triable issues of fact exist as to whether defendant Miller's Launch, Inc. breached a duty of care it owed to plaintiff Wayne Schnapp pursuant to the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 USC § 905[b]). Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Rivera, Stein, Fahey, Garcia and Wilson concur. Judge Feinman took no part.
Decided April 26, 2018