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WORTH DISTRS. v. LATHAM

59 N.Y.2d 231 (1983)

Worth Distributors, Inc., Respondent, v. Gertrude G. Latham et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants. (And a Third-Party Action.) (And 42 Other Actions.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 14, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon D. Camhy, Milton S. Gould and Willis H. Stephens, Jr., for Matilda Edwards, appellant.

William H. Morris and Gerald P. McMorrow for Gertrude G. Latham, appellant.

Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (Stephen J. McGrath and Leonard Koerner of counsel), for City of New York, appellant.

Stephen W. O'Leary for Worth Distributors, Inc., plaintiff-respondent.

William C. Viets and Gary Alexander Stahl for Mercer Arts Center, Inc., plaintiff-respondent.

Edgar T. Schleider for other plaintiffs-respondents.

Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (Stephen J. McGrath and Leonard Koerner of counsel), for City of New York, respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER and SIMONS concur in Per Curiam opinion.

Per Curiam.

This case arose out of the collapse of a portion of the Broadway Central Hotel building in lower Manhattan on August 3, 1973. Four persons were killed, many others were injured, and a number of businesses suffered extensive property damage.

Forty-three actions to recover for wrongful death, personal injury, and property damage were consolidated. After a nonjury trial, Supreme Court held that the...

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