Case Name: James Augustus Proctor et al., Respondents, v. Alcoa, Inc., et al., Defendants, and Andal Corp., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2015-02-05
Citations: 125 A.D.3d 447
Docket Number: 
Parties: James Augustus Proctor et al., Respondents, v Alcoa, Inc., et al., Defendants, and Andal Corp., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 125
Pages: 447–447

Head Matter:
James Augustus Proctor et al., Respondents, v Alcoa, Inc., et al., Defendants, and Andal Corp., Appellant.
[999 NYS2d 740]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Sherry Klein Heitler, J.), entered July 1, 2014, which denied the motion of defendant Andal Corp. (Andal) for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against it, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The record presents triable issues of fact as to whether Andal's alleged predecessors-in-interest performed certain construction work at the former World Trade Center site, and were responsible for plaintiffs exposure to asbestos at the site (see generally Vega v Restani Constr. Corp., 18 NY3d 499, 503 [2012]). Although plaintiff failed to identify any entity that used asbestos during the period that he worked at the site in 1970, he submitted sufficient evidence to raise a triable issue of fact as to whether Andal's alleged predecessors-in-interest were present during that period and used an asbestos product in the area in which plaintiff worked.
We have considered Andal's remaining arguments, and find them unavailing. Concur — Acosta, J.P., Renwick, Feinman, Clark and Kapnick, JJ. [Prior Case History: 2014 NY Slip Op 31700(U).]