Case Name: 30-12 Lewmay Corp. et al., Respondents, v. Public Mutual Insurance Company, Appellant, and Rose Thau, Individually and as Executrix of Israel Thau, Deceased, et al., Respondents. 30-18 Lewmay Corp. et al., Respondents, v. Public Mutual Insurance Company, Appellant, and Safeguard Mutual Insurance Company et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1967-07-11
Citations: 28 A.D.2d 837
Docket Number: 
Parties: 30-12 Lewmay Corp. et al., Respondents, v. Public Mutual Insurance Company, Appellant, and Rose Thau, Individually and as Executrix of Israel Thau, Deceased, et al., Respondents. 30-18 Lewmay Corp. et al., Respondents, v. Public Mutual Insurance Company, Appellant, and Safeguard Mutual Insurance Company et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 837–839

Head Matter:
(July 11, 1967)
30-12 Lewmay Corp. et al., Respondents, v. Public Mutual Insurance Company, Appellant, and Rose Thau, Individually and as Executrix of Israel Thau, Deceased, et al., Respondents. 30-18 Lewmay Corp. et al., Respondents, v. Public Mutual Insurance Company, Appellant, and Safeguard Mutual Insurance Company et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
Memorandum by the Court. Orders, entered November 21, 1966, denying defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the action is barred by the Statute of Limitations, modified, on the law and the facts, to the exitent of requiring a separate and prior trial of the issue of the Statute of Limitations, and otherwise affirmed, with $50 costs and disbursements to respondents. '
On this record we do not feel that appellant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law, nor can we say that it was an abuse of discretion to compel it to assert its claim as an affirmative defense.