Case Name: Dawn M. Beyrle, Appellant, v. Terri Finneron et al., Defendants, Michael Snow, Appellant, and Samuel Alesso, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-12-29
Citations: 199 A.D.2d 1023
Docket Number: Appeal No. 3
Parties: Dawn M. Beyrle, Appellant, v Terri Finneron et al., Defendants, Michael Snow, Appellant, and Samuel Alesso, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 199
Pages: 1023–1024

Head Matter:
Dawn M. Beyrle, Appellant, v Terri Finneron et al., Defendants, Michael Snow, Appellant, and Samuel Alesso, Respondent.
(Appeal No. 3.)
[606 NYS2d 467]

Opinion:
Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Plaintiff contends that she was injured when she came in contact with a drain cleaner splashed about the bathroom of a bar. She alleges that a bailment arose when defendant Samuel Alesso gave the drain cleaner to defendant Michael Snow, the owner of the bar. We disagree. There is no bailment because Alesso did not intend that the drain cleaner would be redelivered to him (see generally, 9 NY Jur 2d, Bailments and Chattel Leases, § 1). Nor is there any merit to the contention that Alesso's act in providing Snow with the drain cleaner constituted negligent entrustment. At the time Alesso allegedly gave the drain cleaner to Snow, he had no reason to believe that it would be misused to the detriment of others (see, Restatement [Second] of Torts § 302 B, comment e [E]). (Appeals from Order of Supreme Court, Monroe County, Affronti, J.—Summary Judgment.) Present—Denman, P. J., Callahan, Pine, Doerr and Boehm, JJ.