Case Name: Joanne Johnson, as Administratrix of the Estate of Ulysses Johnson, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs, and Mary Szczerba, as Administratrix of the Estate of Nick Szczerba, Deceased, Respondent, v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States et al., Defendants, and Michigan Tool Company, Appellant; Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill et al., Third-Party Defendants, and Michigan Tool Company, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1966-12-01
Citations: 18 N.Y.2d 933
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joanne Johnson, as Administratrix of the Estate of Ulysses Johnson, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs, and Mary Szczerba, as Administratrix of the Estate of Nick Szczerba, Deceased, Respondent, v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States et al., Defendants, and Michigan Tool Company, Appellant. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill et al., Third-Party Defendants, and Michigan Tool Company, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Concur: Chief Judge DesmoNd and Judges Fuld, YaN Voorhis, Burke, Scileppi and BergaN. Taking no part: Judge KeatiNG.
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 18
Pages: 933–935

Head Matter:
Joanne Johnson, as Administratrix of the Estate of Ulysses Johnson, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs, and Mary Szczerba, as Administratrix of the Estate of Nick Szczerba, Deceased, Respondent, v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States et al., Defendants, and Michigan Tool Company, Appellant. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill et al., Third-Party Defendants, and Michigan Tool Company, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.
Argued October 20, 1965;
decision withheld December 1, 1965;
decided December 1, 1966.
John M. Alíeme and James J. Taylor for appellant. .
Emile Z. Berman, A. Harold Frost, Leonard Sheft and Paul M. Brown for third-party plaintiff-respondent.
No appearance for plain tiff-respondent.

Opinion:
Upon the appeal on the first question certified, appellant having stipulated that it submits to in personam jurisdiction, order affirmed, without costs. Question certified answered in the affirmative.
Upon the appeal on the second question certified, order affirmed, with costs. . Question certified answered in the affirmative. No opinion.
Concur: Chief Judge DesmoNd and Judges Fuld, YaN Voorhis, Burke, Scileppi and BergaN. Taking no part: Judge KeatiNG.