Case Name: In the Matter of 91st Street Crane Collapse Litigation. Xhevahire Sinanaj et al., Respondents, v. City of New York et al., Defendants, and New York Crane & Equipment Corp. et al., Appellants. (And Other Third-Party Actions.)
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2014-05-22
Citations: 117 A.D.3d 605
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of 91st Street Crane Collapse Litigation. Xhevahire Sinanaj et al., Respondents, v City of New York et al., Defendants, and New York Crane & Equipment Corp. et al., Appellants. (And Other Third-Party Actions.)
Judges: Concur — Friedman, J.P, Acosta, Saxe and Gische, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 117
Pages: 605–605

Head Matter:
In the Matter of 91st Street Crane Collapse Litigation. Xhevahire Sinanaj et al., Respondents, v City of New York et al., Defendants, and New York Crane & Equipment Corp. et al., Appellants. (And Other Third-Party Actions.)
[986 NYS2d 118]

Opinion:
Orders, Supreme Court, New York County (Manuel J. Mendez, J.), entered on or about January 21, 22, and 23, 2014, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied defendants-appellants' motions to dismiss plaintiff Selvi Sinanovic's claim for pecuniary loss, pursuant to EPTL 5-1.2, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Defendants lack standing to challenge plaintiffs status as a surviving spouse, since they are neither "personal representative[s]" nor "distributee[s]" of the decedent (see EPTL 5-4.4 [a] [1]), and damages have not yet been recovered in the wrongful death action for the benefit of the decedent's distributees.
Concur — Friedman, J.P, Acosta, Saxe and Gische, JJ.