Case Name: Julia Putvin, as Administratrix of the Estate of Percy J. Putvin, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Buffalo Electric Co., Inc., et al., Defendants; Joseph Davis, Inc., et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Novadel Agene Corporation (now Wallace & Tiernan, Inc.), Third-Party Defendant-Appellant; Dolores Holzman, as Administratrix of the Estate of Allan T. Holzman, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Buffalo Electric Company, Inc., et al., Defendants; Joseph Davis, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Novadel Agene Corporation (now Wallace & Tiernan, Inc.), Third-Party Defendant-Appellant. (And Nine Other Actions.)
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1957-11-15
Citations: 4 A.D.2d 1009
Docket Number: 
Parties: Julia Putvin, as Administratrix of the Estate of Percy J. Putvin, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Buffalo Electric Co., Inc., et al., Defendants. Joseph Davis, Inc., et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Novadel Agene Corporation (now Wallace & Tiernan, Inc.), Third-Party Defendant-Appellant. Dolores Holzman, as Administratrix of the Estate of Allan T. Holzman, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Buffalo Electric Company, Inc., et al., Defendants. Joseph Davis, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Novadel Agene Corporation (now Wallace & Tiernan, Inc.), Third-Party Defendant-Appellant. (And Nine Other Actions.)
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 1009–1009

Head Matter:
Julia Putvin, as Administratrix of the Estate of Percy J. Putvin, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Buffalo Electric Co., Inc., et al., Defendants. Joseph Davis, Inc., et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Novadel Agene Corporation (now Wallace & Tiernan, Inc.), Third-Party Defendant-Appellant. Dolores Holzman, as Administratrix of the Estate of Allan T. Holzman, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Buffalo Electric Company, Inc., et al., Defendants. Joseph Davis, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Novadel Agene Corporation (now Wallace & Tiernan, Inc.), Third-Party Defendant-Appellant. (And Nine Other Actions.)

Opinion:
Order reversed, with $10 costs and disbursements, and motions granted, with $10 costs. Memorandum: The appellant concedes that the primary complaint in this action and the third-party complaint are identical with those passed upon by this court in Putvin v. Buffalo Elec. Co. (3 A D 2d 805). The several actions arise out of the same state of facts which relate to an explosion on the premises of the third-party defendant. In our prior decision we determined that in our view of the complaint the plaintiffs charge active and primary negligence against the defendant-third-party-plaintiff and recovery could only be had upon such proof. Therefore the defendant in a third-party action could not seek indemnification from the third-party defendant and its complaint was dismissed. Upon a reconsideration of our prior decision we adhere thereto. All concur. (Appeal- from an order of Erie Special Term denying motions by the third-party defendant Novadel-Agene Corp. to dismiss third-party complaints in 11 actions in negligence.) Present — McCurn, P. J., Vaughan, Kimball, Bastow and Goldman, JJ.