Case Name: Stanley Reilly, Plaintiff, v. Liberty Marine, Inc., Doing Business as Liberty Marine, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent. Seabring Marine Industries, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-03-09
Citations: 248 A.D.2d 454
Docket Number: 
Parties: Stanley Reilly, Plaintiff, v Liberty Marine, Inc., Doing Business as Liberty Marine, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent. Seabring Marine Industries, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Mangano, P. J., Miller, Pizzuto and Krausman, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 248
Pages: 454–455

Head Matter:
Stanley Reilly, Plaintiff, v Liberty Marine, Inc., Doing Business as Liberty Marine, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent. Seabring Marine Industries, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.
[668 NYS2d 934]

Opinion:
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained in a boat showroom, the third-party defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Sangiorgio, J.), dated February 19, 1997, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the third-party complaint and all cross claims asserted against it.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff sustained an injury while descending a ladder that was "not secured or improperly secured" to the rear of a 25-foot Monterey Cruiser, a boat manufactured by the appellant. An issue of fact exists concerning the nature of the alleged defective condition and whether the third-party defendant may be held liable therefor (see, Robinson v Reed-Prentice Div., 49 NY2d 471, 478; Codling v Paglia, 32 NY2d 330, 342). Accordingly, the third-party defendant, as the party seeking summary judgment, failed to establish entitlement to judgment in its favor as a matter of law, and its motion was properly denied (see, Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557, 562).
Mangano, P. J., Miller, Pizzuto and Krausman, JJ., concur.