Case Name: Theodore Fox, Appellant, v. Jenny Engineering Corporation, Respondent, et al., Defendants; Theodore Fox, Appellant, v. Jenny Engineering Corporation et al., Respondents; Theodore Fox, Plaintiff, v. Jenny Engineering Corporation et al., Defendants. (And a Third-Party Action.); Theodore Fox, Appellant, v. Everett G. Wambach et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1987-10-06
Citations: 70 N.Y.2d 761
Docket Number: Appeal No. 1; Appeal No. 2; Appeal No. 3
Parties: Theodore Fox, Appellant, v Jenny Engineering Corporation, Respondent, et al., Defendants. Theodore Fox, Appellant, v Jenny Engineering Corporation et al., Respondents. Theodore Fox, Plaintiff, v Jenny Engineering Corporation et al., Defendants. (And a Third-Party Action.) Theodore Fox, Appellant, v Everett G. Wambach et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 70
Pages: 761–763

Head Matter:
Theodore Fox, Appellant, v Jenny Engineering Corporation, Respondent, et al., Defendants. Theodore Fox, Appellant, v Jenny Engineering Corporation et al., Respondents. Theodore Fox, Plaintiff, v Jenny Engineering Corporation et al., Defendants. (And a Third-Party Action.) Theodore Fox, Appellant, v Everett G. Wambach et al., Respondents.
(Appeal No. 1.)
(Appeal No. 2.)
(Appeal No. 3.)
Argued September 2, 1987;
decided October 6, 1987
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
James B. Tuttle for appellant.
Timothy J. Perry for Jenny Engineering Corporation, respondent.
James L. Fischer and Eugene H. Goldberg for Lozier Architects and Engineers, respondent.
Roger G. Preston, Jr., for Everett G. Wambach and another, respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Orders affirmed, with costs. We agree with the Appellate Division, for the reasons stated in its memorandum (122 AD2d 532), that defendant Wambach was not an "owner" within the meaning of Labor Law § 240 (1) and defendants Jenny Engineering Corporation and Lozier Architects and Engineers were not agents of the owner within the meaning of that statute, and we reach no other issue.
Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Alexander, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa.