DRZEWINSKI v. ATL. SCAFFOLD & LADDER CO., INC.


70 N.Y.2d 774 (1987)

Richard Drzewinski et al., Respondents, v. Atlantic Scaffold & Ladder Co., Inc., et al., Appellants, et al., Defendant. Bowery Savings Bank, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rambusch Decorating Co., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent. Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rambusch Decorating Co., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald F. Malone and William A. Prinsell for Atlantic Scaffold & Ladder Company, Inc., appellant.

Roger P. McTiernan, Alan Russo and Carol Ann Weinman for Bowery Savings Bank, appellant.

Ronald B. Feingold and Barry B. LePatner for Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, appellant.

Arthur N. Seiff, Michael J. Krakower and Daniel R. Goldman for plaintiffs-respondents.

Anthony J. McNulty for third-party defendant-respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be modified by granting Bowery Savings Bank and Swanke Hayden Connell & Partners judgment over against Atlantic Scaffold & Ladder Co. and Rambusch Decorating Co. on the basis of full contractual indemnity and, as so modified, affirmed.

The accident to plaintiff, a painter employed by Rambusch, occurred when he fell from scaffolding in the interior of the...

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