GERNEY v. TISHMAN CONSTR CORP


136 Misc.2d 1051 (1987)

Brigitte Gerney, Plaintiff, v. Tishman Construction Corp. of New York et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, New York County.

July 17, 1987


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gair, Gair & Conason (Jerome I. Katz of counsel), for plaintiff. D'Amato & Lynch (Geoffrey W. Heineman and Kevin Windeis of counsel), for Richard Ricciardi, defendant. McCormick, Dunne & Foley for Thomas Crimmins Contracting Co., defendant. Bower & Gardner (Virginia Goodman Futterman of counsel), for Tishman Construction Corp. of New York and another, defendants. Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (Carol L. Schlitt of counsel), for City of New York, defendant. Lester, Schwab, Katz & Dwyer (Michele F. Renna of counsel), for S & A Concrete Co., Inc., and another, defendants. Ahmuty, Demers & McManus for Ian B. Eichner and others, defendants.


DAVID B. SAXE, J.

Brigitte Gerney sustained severe injuries on May 30, 1983, when a crane, located at a midtown construction site toppled over and fell on Ms. Gerney, pinning her beneath it for six hours. Plaintiff sued 14 defendants alleging negligence and carelessness in the general maintenance of the construction site and specifically in the operation of the crane. Subsequently, one of the defendants, Richard...

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