SARFOWAA v. CLAFLIN APTS. L. L. C.


284 A.D.2d 228 (2001)

727 N.Y.S.2d 82

ABEMA SARFOWAA et al., Respondents, v. CLAFLIN APTS. L. L. C. et al., Respondents and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents, and CLAFLIN PROPERTIES et al., Appellants and Third-Party Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided June 21, 2001.


The court properly found that triable issues of fact exist with respect to appellants' potential liability as previous owner and manager of an apartment building in which an explosion and flash fire allegedly resulting from a gas leak in a kitchen stove caused plaintiff Abema Sarfowaa's injuries. Claflin Properties sold the building to third-party plaintiff Claflin Apts. L. L. C., 11 days prior to the incident, at which time M.P. Management became manager. Deposition testimony...

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