SORRENTINO, III v. FIREMAN


298 A.D.2d 333 (2002)

750 N.Y.S.2d 268

GEORGE E. SORRENTINO, III, et al., Respondents, v. SHELDON FIREMAN, et al., Appellants, et al., Defendant.

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

Decided October 31, 2002.


The court properly found the existence of issues of fact sufficient to defeat the summary judgment motion. Plaintiffs allege that while plaintiffs and their decedent were dining at appellants' restaurant, the decedent choked on food, that plaintiffs detrimentally relied on appellants' employees' false assurance that they would make a prompt 911 call, and that a lengthy delay in making the call resulted in the decedent's death.

While no duty is imposed upon a restaurant...

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