Case Name: Irving Baron Clothes, Inc., et al., Appellants, v. City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-05-13
Citations: 261 A.D.2d 198
Docket Number: 
Parties: Irving Baron Clothes, Inc., et al., Appellants, v City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 261
Pages: 198–199

Head Matter:
Irving Baron Clothes, Inc., et al., Appellants, v City of New York, Respondent.
[689 NYS2d 394]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Martin Schoenfeld, J.), entered October 20, 1998, which granted plaintiffs motion to reargue a prior order, same court and Justice, entered August 14, 1997, granting defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, and, upon reargument, adhered to the prior order, unanimously affirmed, without costs. Appeal from the August 14, 1997 order unanimously dismissed, without costs, as superseded by the appeal from the October 20, 1998 order.
We find that there are no triable issues as to the existence of a "special relationship" between plaintiffs and defendant City such as would eliminate the latter's immunity with respect to the performance of its firefighting function (see, Cuffy v City of New York, 69 NY2d 255, 260; cf., Miller v Morania Oil, 194 AD2d 770). Concur — Ellerin, P. J., Tom, Lerner, Buckley and Friedman, JJ.