Case Name: Anthony C. J. Seudath et al., Respondents, v. Dorothy Mott et al., Defendants, and Russ Gusta, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff. Arthur Mott, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant, et al., Third-Party Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-11-22
Citations: 266 A.D.2d 450
Docket Number: 
Parties: Anthony C. J. Seudath et al., Respondents, v Dorothy Mott et al., Defendants, and Russ Gusta, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff. Arthur Mott, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant, et al., Third-Party Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 266
Pages: 450–450

Head Matter:
Anthony C. J. Seudath et al., Respondents, v Dorothy Mott et al., Defendants, and Russ Gusta, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff. Arthur Mott, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant, et al., Third-Party Defendants.
[698 NYS2d 885]

Opinion:
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the third-party defendant Arthur Mott appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (LaTorella, J.), dated September 16, 1998, which denied his motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as it is asserted against the defendant third-party plaintiff Russ Gusta.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Contrary to the plaintiffs' contention, the appellant, a third-party defendant, is aggrieved by the order denying his motion for summary judgment dismissing their complaint insofar as asserted against the defendant third-party plaintiff Russ Gusta, and thus may appeal from the order (see, CPLR 5511; Ciraolo v Melville Ct. Assocs., 221 AD2d 582).
The Supreme Court properly concluded that there are issues of fact as to whether Gusta assumed a duty to the injured plaintiff and, if so, whether his negligence, if any, was a proximate cause of the injuries sustained (see, Nallan v Helmsley-Spear, Inc., 50 NY2d 507; Wolf v City of New York, 39 NY2d 568; Cohen v Heritage Motor Tours, 205 AD2d 105; Gordon v Muchnick, 180 AD2d 715). Altman, J. P., H. Miller, Schmidt and Smith, JJ., concur.