Case Name: John Nielsen et al., Plaintiffs, v. Greenman Bros., Inc., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant. Nassau County Medical Center, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent, et al., Third-Party Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1986-10-27
Citations: 123 A.D.2d 850
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Nielsen et al., Plaintiffs, v Greenman Bros., Inc., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant. Nassau County Medical Center, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent, et al., Third-Party Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 123
Pages: 850–850

Head Matter:
John Nielsen et al., Plaintiffs, v Greenman Bros., Inc., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant. Nassau County Medical Center, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent, et al., Third-Party Defendant.

Opinion:
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant and third-party plaintiff Greenman Bros, appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Molloy, J.), dated March 21, 1986, which granted the third-party defendant-respondent's motion for summary judgment dismissing the third-party complaint as against it.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The third-party plaintiff, having settled with the plaintiff and obtained its own release from liability, is not now entitled to claim contribution from the third-party defendant-respondent (see, General Obligations Law § 15-108 [c]). Nor may it circumvent this statutory prohibition by presenting its claim as one for indemnification (see, Salonia v Samsol Homes, 119 AD2d 394). Thompson, J. P., Weinstein, Lawrence and Eiber, JJ., concur.