Case Name: Elijah Paisley, Plaintiff, v. RTS Transportation Systems, Inc., et al., Defendants; RTS Transportation Systems, Inc., et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Rural/Metro Ambulance, Formerly Known as National Ambulance, Third-Party Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-07-03
Citations: 285 A.D.2d 973
Docket Number: 
Parties: Elijah Paisley, Plaintiff, v RTS Transportation Systems, Inc., et al., Defendants. RTS Transportation Systems, Inc., et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents, v Rural/Metro Ambulance, Formerly Known as National Ambulance, Third-Party Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 285
Pages: 973–974

Head Matter:
Elijah Paisley, Plaintiff, v RTS Transportation Systems, Inc., et al., Defendants. RTS Transportation Systems, Inc., et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents, v Rural/Metro Ambulance, Formerly Known as National Ambulance, Third-Party Appellant.
[727 NYS2d 675]

Opinion:
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly denied the motion of third-party defendant to dismiss the third-party complaint on the ground of release, without prejudice to renew the motion following discovery into the circumstances surrounding the negotiation and execution of the release (see, Best v Yutaka, 90 NY2d 833, 834). Given the timing of the release and the circumstances surrounding its execution, in particular, the state of the parties' knowledge at that time, the actual controversy or dispute within the parties' contemplation, and the consideration exchanged for the release (see, Best v Yutaka, supra, at 834; Cahill v Regan, 5 NY2d 292, 299-300; Gibli v Kadosh, 279 AD2d 35, 38-40; Stone v Aronwald & Pykett, 275 AD2d 706, 707), we conclude that there are questions of fact with regard to the issues of mutual mistake and the parties' intent in entering into the release. (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Monroe County, Lunn, J. — Dismiss Pleading.) Present — Pigott, Jr., P. J., Wisner, Hurl-butt, Kehoe and Burns, JJ.