Case Name: Pasqualina Circosta et al., as Administratrices of the Estate of Joseph Circosta, Deceased, Respondents, v. 29 Washington Square Corporation, Appellant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant; A. J. Contracting Corporation, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent; Concetta Marinaro, as Administratrix of the Estate of Ciro Marinaro, Deceased, Respondent, v. 29 Washington Square Corporation, Appellant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant; A. J. Contracting Corporation, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1957-04-12
Citations: 2 N.Y.2d 996
Docket Number: 
Parties: Pasqualina Circosta et al., as Administratrices of the Estate of Joseph Circosta, Deceased, Respondents, v. 29 Washington Square Corporation, Appellant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant; A. J. Contracting Corporation, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent. Concetta Marinaro, as Administratrix of the Estate of Ciro Marinaro, Deceased, Respondent, v. 29 Washington Square Corporation, Appellant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant; A. J. Contracting Corporation, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.
Judges: Concur: Conway, Ch. J., Desmond, Dye, Fuld, Froessel and Burke, JJ. Van Voorhis, J., dissents in the following opinion.
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 996–999

Head Matter:
Pasqualina Circosta et al., as Administratrices of the Estate of Joseph Circosta, Deceased, Respondents, v. 29 Washington Square Corporation, Appellant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant; A. J. Contracting Corporation, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent. Concetta Marinaro, as Administratrix of the Estate of Ciro Marinaro, Deceased, Respondent, v. 29 Washington Square Corporation, Appellant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant; A. J. Contracting Corporation, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.
Argued January 17, 1957;
decided April 12, 1957.
William L. Shumate and Samuel E. Swiggett for appellant and third-party plaintiff-appellant.
Bernard Meyerson, Paul M. Asciutto and Paul P. Meltser for Pasqualina Circosta and another, respondents.
Charles Margett and H. Stuart Klopper for Concetta Marinaro, respondent.
Herbert A. McDevitt and William A. Needham for third-party defendant-respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs.
Concur: Conway, Ch. J., Desmond, Dye, Fuld, Froessel and Burke, JJ. Van Voorhis, J., dissents in the following opinion.