CASTELLANO v. ANN/NASSAU REALTY LLC

160655/14. 595498/15. Appeal No. 14682-14682A. Case Nos. 2020-02792, 2020-04919.

199 A.D.3d 558 (2021)

159 N.Y.S.3d 25

2021 NY Slip Op 06536

Teresa Castellano et al., Respondents, v. Ann/Nassau Realty LLC et al., Respondents-Appellants, and Park East Construction Corp., Appellant-Respondent/Third-Party Defendant-Appellant-Respondent, et al., Defendant. Ann/Nassau Realty LLC et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents-Appellants.

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

Decided November 23, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of James J. Toomey, New York ( Michael J. Kozoriz of counsel), for appellant-respondent.

Hannum Feretic Prendergast & Merlino, LLC, New York ( Douglas J. Domsky of counsel), for respondents-appellants.

Jonathan D. Agostino & Associates P.C., Staten Island ( Glen Devora of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Acosta, P.J., Gische, Singh, Scarpulla, Mendez, JJ.


The negligence and Labor Law § 200 claims should be dismissed as against defendants ANR and BRF, the owner and general contractor of the project, respectively. ANR and BRF established prima facie that BRF did no more than general safety supervision at the work site and did not have supervisory control over the decedent's injury-producing work, namely unloading sheetrock from a truck onto a dolly (see Alonzo v Safe Harbors of the Hudson Hous. Dev. Fund Co., Inc.,<...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases