Case Name: Paul Sasso, Plaintiff, v. Vito Santevecchi, Individually and Doing Business as Sauvi Construction Co., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent. Par Plumbing Co., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1962-03-26
Citations: 15 A.D.2d 964
Docket Number: 
Parties: Paul Sasso, Plaintiff, v. Vito Santevecchi, Individually and Doing Business as Sauvi Construction Co., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent. Par Plumbing Co., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 15
Pages: 964–964

Head Matter:
Paul Sasso, Plaintiff, v. Vito Santevecchi, Individually and Doing Business as Sauvi Construction Co., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent. Par Plumbing Co., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.

Opinion:
In our opinion, in the main complaint the defendant and third-party plaintiff is charged only with active negligence, not with the omission or failure to perform a nondelegable duty (Putvin v. Baffalo Elec. Co., 5 N Y 2d 447). The third-party complaint is a " complete disavowal of negligence on the part of the defendant and third-party plaintiff, thus eliminating any possible premise upon which the original plaintiff could obtain a judgment against the third-party plaintiff" (Kile v. Riefler Bros. Contrs., 282 App. Div. 1000). Beldock, P. J., Ughetta, Christ, Hill and Hopkins, JJ., concur.