Case Title: Pat Roddy v. Nederlander Producing Company of America, Inc.

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State: new-york

Court: New York Appellate Court

Date: 2010-12-21T00:00:00Z

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This memorandum is uncorrected and subject to revision before
publication in the New York Reports.
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No. 236  SSM 60
Pat Roddy,
            Appellant,
        v.
Nederlander Producing Company of 
America, Inc., et al.,
            Respondents,
et al.,
            Defendants.
(And a Third-Party Action.)
Submitted by Jonny Kool, for appellant.
Submitted by Robert S. Cypher, Jr., for respondents
Nederlander Producing Company of America, Inc. et al.
Submitted by Scott T. Horn, for respondent Abhann
Productions, Inc.
MEMORANDUM:
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed,
with costs, and plaintiff's complaint as against defendants
Nederlander Producing Company of America, Inc. and The Gershwin
Theatre reinstated.  
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SSM No. 60
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Plaintiff did not have a full and fair opportunity to
litigate the issue of defendants' negligence.  The issue of
defendants' negligence was previously determined in an Appellate
Division order granting defendants summary judgment on a third-
party contractual indemnification claim against plaintiff's
employer, third-party defendant Abhann Productions, Inc. 
Plaintiff had no interest in the outcome of the third-party
indemnification claim.  Plaintiff thus had neither incentive to
litigate the motion for summary judgment nor adequate notice that
the issue of defendants' negligence could be conclusively decided
against him.  Under these circumstances, the law of the case
doctrine does not preclude plaintiff from litigating the issue of
defendants' negligence.
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On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules,
order reversed, with costs, and plaintiff's complaint as against
defendants Nederlander Producing Company of America, Inc. and The
Gershwin Theatre reinstated, in a memorandum.  Chief Judge
Lippman and Judges Ciparick, Graffeo, Read, Smith, Pigott and
Jones concur.
Decided December 21, 2010