Case Name: Paul J. Husted, Appellant, v. Nelson G. Vermilyea et al., Defendants, and Clinton's Ditch Cooperative Co., Inc., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-12-27
Citations: 278 A.D.2d 895
Docket Number: 
Parties: Paul J. Husted, Appellant, v Nelson G. Vermilyea et al., Defendants, and Clinton’s Ditch Cooperative Co., Inc., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 278
Pages: 895–895

Head Matter:
Paul J. Husted, Appellant, v Nelson G. Vermilyea et al., Defendants, and Clinton’s Ditch Cooperative Co., Inc., Respondent.
[718 NYS2d 920]

Opinion:
Order and judgment unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Plaintiff commenced this negligence action seeking damages for injuries that he sustained in an automobile accident. Supreme Court properly granted the motion of Clinton's Ditch Cooperative Co., Inc. (defendant) for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and cross claims against it. Defendant established as a matter of law that defendant Nelson G. Vermilyea was not its employee at the time of the accident, and plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact. Thus, there is no basis for the imposition of vicarious liability under the doctrine of respondeat superior (see, Gorea v Glover, 249 AD2d 887). (Appeal from Order and Judgment of Supreme Court, Onondaga County, Elliott, J. — Summary Judgment.) Present — Pigott, Jr., P. J., Hurlbutt, Kehoe and Lawton, JJ.