CIFFA v. JEWISH FED'N


126 Misc.2d 892 (1985)

Joseph P. Ciffa et al., Plaintiffs, v. Jewish Federation Housing Development Fund Company, Inc., et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs. John W. Cowper Co., Inc., Third-Party Defendant.

Supreme Court, Erie County.

January 4, 1985


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Schuller & James (Carl A. Green and James W. Kirkpatrick of counsel), for plaintiffs. Cox, Barrell, Walsh, Roberts & Grace (Peter J. Murrett, III, of counsel), for Jewish Federation Housing Development Fund Company, Inc., defendant and third-party plaintiff. Quinn & McGarry (David C. Quinn of counsel), for H. J. Mye Lumber Corporation, defendant and third-party plaintiff. Canale, Madden & Burke, P. C. (John F. Canale of counsel), and Brown, Kelly, Turner, Hassett & Leach (Donald B. Eppers of counsel), for third-party defendant.


THOMAS P. FLAHERTY, J.

On September 1, 1978, plaintiff Joseph P. Ciffa was employed as a carpenter by third-party defendant John W. Cowper Co., Inc. (Cowper) when a scaffold plank furnished by defendant H. J. Mye Lumber Corporation (Mye Lumber) broke resulting in serious personal injuries to Mr. Ciffa. The jobsite was owned by defendant Jewish Federation Housing Development Fund Company, Inc. (Jewish Federation...

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