GUYOT v. CHARYN, INC.


69 A.D.2d 79 (1979)

Frederick Guyot et al., Plaintiffs, v. Al Charyn, Inc., et al., Appellants-Respondents, and Wilmod Company, Inc., Respondent Al Charyn, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant-Respondent, v. Jerome Mackey's Judo, Inc., Doing Business as Jerome Mackey's Judo School, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent-Appellant Jerome Mackey's Judo, Inc., Fourth-Party Plaintiff, v. Shinichi Miyazaki, Fourth-Party Defendant Jerome Mackey's Judo, Inc., Fifth-Party Plaintiff, v. Nisshoiwai American Corp., Fifth-Party Defendant York Bros. Wholesale Hardware Co., Inc., Defendant and Second Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gardiner Steel Corp. et al., Second and Third-Party Defendants-Respondents-Appellants J. Gerber & Company, Inc., Second and Third-Party Defendant and Second and Fourth-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ataka America, Inc., Second and Fourth-Party Defendant, and Mitsui & Company, U. S. A., Inc., Second and Fourth-Party Defendant-Respondent

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

July 10, 1979


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Ahearn and Michael Majewski of counsel (J. Robert Morris, attorney), for Al Charyn, Inc., appellant-respondent and third-party plaintiff-appellant-respondent.

Walter G. Evans of counsel (Alfred V. Norton, Jr., with him on the briefs; Evans, Orr, Pacelli, Norton & Laffan, P. C., attorneys), for York Bros. Wholesale Hardware Co., Inc., appellant.

Richard C. Browne of counsel (Costello & Shea, attorneys), for Gardiner Steel Corp. and another, second and third-party defendants-respondents-appellants.

Gerald A. Greenberger of counsel (Joseph L. Forstadt with him on the brief; Peter M. Pryor, attorney; Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, appellate counsel), for Jerome Mackey's Judo, Inc., third-party defendant-respondent-appellant.

Remo J. Acito of counsel (Elinore B. Klein with him on the brief; Acito & Klein, P. C., attorneys), for Wilmod Company, Inc., respondent.

William F. McNulty of counsel (Anthony J. McNulty with him on the brief; John W. McClancy, attorney), for Ataka America, Inc., second and fourth-party defendant.

John T. Hamilton, Jr., of counsel (Frank E. Maher, attorney), for Mitsui & Company, U. S. A., Inc., second and fourth-party defendant-respondent.

SULLIVAN and ROSS, JJ., concur with SILVERMAN, J.; SANDLER, J. P., and LUPIANO, J., dissent in part in separate opinions.


SILVERMAN, J.

I agree with Justice LUPIANO's conclusions except that I would dismiss the cross claim against the third-party defendant Jerome Mackey's Judo, Inc. and grant 100% indemnification to the other defendants as against defendant Gardiner-Gerber, thus allocating 100% of the liability to Gardiner-Gerber.

Justice SANDLER suggests that our decision granting 100% indemnification to the retailer and...

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