Case Name: Dorothy Ferrainolo, Respondent, v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1960-12-01
Citations: 12 A.D.2d 720
Docket Number: 
Parties: Dorothy Ferrainolo, Respondent, v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 720–721

Head Matter:
Dorothy Ferrainolo, Respondent, v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, Appellant.

Opinion:
Order unanimously modified by striking therefrom the third ordering paragraph and as modified affirmed, with $25 costs and disbursements to the plaintiff-respondent. Memorandum: In our opinion it was error to permit the plaintiff to serve a reply to the affirmative defense set forth in the answer. (See Hardecker v. Klem, 249 App. Div. 736; Taubenfeld v. Taubenfeld, 197 Misc. 1072.) (Appeal from order of Monroe Special Term denying defendant's motion for summary judgment and -granting plaintiff's cross motion to serve a reply and for a separate trial of the defense of release.) Present — Bastow, J. P., Goldman, Halpern, McClusky and Henry, JJ.