Court Opinion

ID: 5679600
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 14:53:39.340442+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:39:36.569698
License: Public Domain

Order unanimously reversed, with $20 costs and disbursements to the appellant, and the motion denied. The third-party complaint is legally sufficient. Only a trial of the issues can determine whether plaintiff is relying upon defendant’s actual or constructive notice that the equipment was in defective condition. In a proper case a jury may find that an act of omission was passive negligence entitling a third-party plaintiff to recover over against the defendant whose conduct caused the dangerous condition (McFall v. Compagnie Maritime Belge, 304 N. Y. 314). Concur — Peck, P. J., Breitel, Bastow and Cox, JJ.