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Adamczyk v. Hillview Estates Development Corp.

229 A.D.2d 940 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1996-07-12 English

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Robert J. Adamczyk, Plaintiff, v Hillview Estates Development Corp., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent. Construx Development Company, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.
[646 NYS2d 472]

—Order unanimously vacated without costs and third-party complaint dismissed. Memorandum: In Adamczyk v Hillview Estates Dev. Corp. ( 226 AD2d 1049 ), we modified Supreme Court’s order by granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. Because defendant was successful in the primary action, its third-party action seeking common-law indemnification, including attorney’s fees, from third-party defendant must necessarily be dismissed (see generally, Bay Ridge Air Rights v State of New York, 44 NY2d 49 , 54-56; Satta v City of New York, 272 App Div 782 ). We therefore vacate the order granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment in the third-party action and dismiss the third-party complaint. (Appeal

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from Order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Michalek, J.— Summary Judgment.) Present—Lawton, J. P., Fallon, Callahan, Doerr and Davis, JJ.

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