MATTER OF EAST 51ST ST. CRANE COLLAPSE LITIG.

8229, 769000/08, 103802/09, 590385/09, 117452/08.

106 A.D.3d 473 (2013)

966 N.Y.S.2d 373

2013 NY Slip Op 3408

In the Matter of EAST 51ST STREET CRANE COLLAPSE LITIGATION. JEAN SQUERI, Respondent, v. EAST 51ST STREET DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC, et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants. EAST 51ST STREET DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC., et al., Third-Party Defendants, and LIFTEX CORPORATION, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent. CRAVE FOODS INC., Respondent, v. RAPETTI RIGGING SERVICES, INC., et al., Defendants.

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

Decided May 9, 2013.


This litigation arises out of a tower crane collapse. Upon the settlement of a wrongful death action, the court issued an order dated January 6, 2011 by which it directed the sealing of the terms of that particular settlement "until all wrongful death actions arising from the same incident herein are resolved." The court issued the unsealing order as set forth above although one wrongful death action remains pending. Citing Uniform Rules for Trial Courts (22 NYCRR) §...

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