VANMINOS v. MERKLEY


48 A.D.2d 281 (1975)

Lydia VanMinos et al., Plaintiffs, v. Fred W. Merkley et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents; New Hampshire Insurance Company, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

June 6, 1975


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle (James H. Morgenstern of counsel), for third-party defendant-appellant.

Thomas O'Connell for third-party plaintiffs-respondents.

CARDAMONE and DEL VECCHIO, JJ., concur with GOLDMAN, J.; MOULE, J. P., and SIMONS, J., dissent and vote to reverse the order and grant the motion to dismiss third-party complaint, in an opinion by SIMONS, J.


GOLDMAN, J.

Third-party defendant, New Hampshire Insurance Co. (New Hampshire) appeals from a denial of its motion to dismiss the third-party complaint of Fred W. Merkley and Hazel E. Merkley (Fred, Sr. and Hazel). Appellant urges that the third-party complaint should have been dismissed "upon the ground that [its] defense is founded upon documentary evidence and that the third-party complaint fails to state...

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