DEMETRO v. DORMITORY AUTH. OF THE STATE OF N.Y.

Index No. 16277/06. Appeal No. 14357. Case No. 2019-05398.

199 A.D.3d 605 (2021)

159 N.Y.S.3d 27

2021 NY Slip Op 06650

Louis Demetro et al., Appellants-Respondents, v. Dormitory Authority of the State of New York et al., Respondents-Appellants, et al., Defendants. Dormitory Authority of the State of New York et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Blue Diamond Sheet Metal, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent. Dormitory Authority of the State of New York et al., Third Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. L.P. Gans Sales Company, Inc., Third Third-Party Defendant-Respondent. Martin Associates, Inc., Fourth Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent-Appellant, v. Analytical & Combustion Services, Inc., Fourth Third-Party Defendant-Respondent-Appellant. Dormitory Authority of the State of New York et al., Fifth Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents-Appellants, v. Johnston Boiler Company, Fifth Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.

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

Decided November 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold E. DiJoseph, P.C., New York ( Arnold E. DiJoseph, III of counsel), for appellants-respondents.

Perry, Van Etten, Rozanski & Kutner, LLP, Melville ( Geoffrey H. Pforr of counsel), for Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, Bovis Lend Lease LMB, Inc. and Center Sheet Metal, Inc., respondents-appellants.

Shaub, Ahmuty, Citrin & Spratt, LLP, Lake Success ( Christopher Simone of counsel), for The Cannon Corporation doing business as Cannon Design, respondent-appellant.

Catalano Gallardo & Petropoulos, LLP, Jericho ( Michele R. Levin of counsel), for Martin Associates, Inc., respondent-appellant.

Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles, LLP, Islandia ( Jordan S. Palatiello of counsel) for Analytical & Combustion Services, Inc., respondent appellant.

Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas, LLP, New York ( Michael T. Kearns of counsel), for Johnston Boiler Company, respondent.

Concur—Gische, J.P., Moulton, González, Kennedy, Scarpulla, JJ.


In this personal injury action plaintiff Louis Demetro (the injured plaintiff) was hit by an angle iron that fell from boiler exhaust ductwork in the boiler room at Jacobi Medical Center (Jacobi), owned by defendant DASNY.

Jacobi paid for the installation of four new boilers in 2003 in connection with a project to modernize its inpatient and emergency facilities. There were a number of defendants and third-party defendants...

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