Case Name: Louis Novak et al., Appellants, v. F & R Fuel Oil, Inc., Respondent, et al., Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-10-07
Citations: 232 A.D.2d 385
Docket Number: 
Parties: Louis Novak et al., Appellants, v F & R Fuel Oil, Inc., Respondent, et al., Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 232
Pages: 385–386

Head Matter:
Louis Novak et al., Appellants, v F & R Fuel Oil, Inc., Respondent, et al., Defendants.
[648 NYS2d 309]

Opinion:
—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for injuries to property, the plaintiffs appeal from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Winick, J.), dated November 8, 1995, as granted the motion by the defendant F & R Fuel Oil, Inc. to renew the plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment and permitted F & R Fuel Oil, Inc., to present the issue of a setoff pursuant to General Obligations Law § 15-108 (b) at the damages inquest.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
Contrary to the plaintiffs' contentions, the Supreme Court did not err in concluding that the defendant F & R Fuel Oil, Inc., may be entitled to a setoff pursuant to General Obligations Law § 15-108 (b) against its liability, and in directing that this issue be addressed at the damages inquest. Thompson, J. P., Sullivan, Santucci and McGinity, JJ., concur.