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HECHT v. CITY OF NEW YORK

60 N.Y.2d 57 (1983)

Estelle Hecht, Appellant, v. City of New York et al., Respondents. (And a Third-Party Action.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided September 15, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Shandell and David D. Glass for appellant.

Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (Frank S. Plimpton and Briscoe R. Smith of counsel), for City of New York, respondent.

Joseph D. Ahearn and Michael Majewski for Square Depew Garage Corp., respondent.

Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER and SIMONS concur.

Chief Judge COOKE.

This appeal presents a question respecting the limits of an appellate court's scope of review of a judgment rendered against multiple parties but appealed by only one. Generally, an appellate court cannot grant affirmative relief to a nonappealing party unless it is necessary to do so in order to accord full relief to a party who has appealed. Thus, it was error here for the Appellate Division...

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