Case Name: Joann Negron, Plaintiff, v. Daniel Grinberg Topelson et al., Defendants; Chrysler Financial Company, LLP, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard Radna, M.D., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2008-04-24
Citations: 50 A.D.3d 531
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joann Negron, Plaintiff, v Daniel Grinberg Topelson et al., Defendants. Chrysler Financial Company, LLP, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v Richard Radna, M.D., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 50
Pages: 531–532

Head Matter:
Joann Negron, Plaintiff, v Daniel Grinberg Topelson et al., Defendants. Chrysler Financial Company, LLP, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v Richard Radna, M.D., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.
[854 NYS2d 894]

Opinion:
Supreme Court, Bronx County (John A. Barone, J.), entered March 30, 2007, dismissing the third-party complaint as barred by General Obligations Law § 15-108 (c), unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The plain language of General Obligations Law § 15-108 (c) bars the contribution claim of the settling defendant/third-party plaintiff against the nonsettling third-party defendant (see Chase Manhattan Bank v Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, 309 AD2d 173, 174 [2003]). As the Court of Appeals has stated, "[S]urrender of the right to contribution is a small price to ask of a defendant who is intent on avoiding litigation" (Rock v Reed-Prentice Div. of Package Mach. Co., 39 NY2d 34, 41 [1976]).
We have considered the third-party plaintiffs remaining arguments and find them unavailing. Concur—Tom, J.E, Mazzarelli, Williams and Sweeny, JJ.