Case Name: Barnett Guthartz, Appellant, v. City of New York et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1984-04-03
Citations: 62 N.Y.2d 632
Docket Number: 
Parties: Barnett Guthartz, Appellant, v City of New York et al., Respondents.
Judges: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Jones, Wacht-ler, Simons and Kaye concur; Judge Meyer taking no part.
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 62
Pages: 632–633

Head Matter:
Barnett Guthartz, Appellant, v City of New York et al., Respondents.
Argued March 19, 1984;
decided April 3, 1984
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
J. Irwin Shapiro and Brian Michael Seltzer for appellant.
Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (Larry A. Sonnenshein and Francis F. Caputo of counsel), for respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The appeal should be dismissed upon the ground that the "judgment" appealed from does not finally determine the action within the meaning of the Constitution. Although the causes of action contained in the complaint have been finally disposed of, the record shows that a counterclaim is still pending and that it is sufficiently related to the complaint to preclude application of the doctrine of implied severance (see Lizza Inds. v Long Is. Light. Co., 36 NY2d 754).
Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Jones, Wacht-ler, Simons and Kaye concur; Judge Meyer taking no part.
Appeal dismissed, without costs, in a memorandum.