Case Name: Savario Vaccaro et al., Appellants, v. H. R. H. Construction Corp., Defendant-Respondent and Third-Party Plaintiff. D'Aquila Bros. Contracting Co., Inc., Third-Party Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1969-02-18
Citations: 31 A.D.2d 798
Docket Number: 
Parties: Savario Vaccaro et al., Appellants, v. H. R. H. Construction Corp., Defendant-Respondent and Third-Party Plaintiff. D’Aquila Bros. Contracting Co., Inc., Third-Party Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 31
Pages: 798–798

Head Matter:
Savario Vaccaro et al., Appellants, v. H. R. H. Construction Corp., Defendant-Respondent and Third-Party Plaintiff. D’Aquila Bros. Contracting Co., Inc., Third-Party Defendant.

Opinion:
Judgment entered June 12, 1968 is reversed on the law and the matter is remanded for a new trial, with costs to abide the event. In this personal injury action the court dismissed the complaint at the end of the plaintiff's ease. The court, in effect, found that the defendant " H. R. H. Construction Company [was] the employer of these men at the time" of the accident, thus limiting plaintiffs' remedy in relation to H. R. H. to a workmen's compensation claim. In our opinion the record does not sustain such finding as a matter of law. Accordingly, the complaint should not have been dismissed. The matter is thus remanded for a new trial. Concur — Eager, J. P., Tilzer, Nunez, Rabin and Maeken, JJ.