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Kleinert v. Webb & Knapp, Inc.

10 N.Y.2d 719 Court N.Y. Decision date 1961-06-09 English

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p. 719
John H. Kleinert, Respondent, v. Webb & Knapp, Inc., et al., Appellants, et al., Defendant. Webb & Knapp Construction Corp., Third-Party Plaintiff Appellant, v. Armor Elevator Co., Inc., Third-Party Defendant Respondent.
Argued May 22, 1961;
decided June 9, 1961.
p. 721
Harold V. McCoy for Webb & Knapp, Inc., and another, appellants.
A. Harold Forst, Bernard Helfenstein, Irwin B. Polinsky and Emile Z. Berman for Isidore Rosen & Sons, Inc., appellant.
Solomon Boneparth for respondent.
John Nielsen and John P. Smith for third-party defendant respondent.

Judgment affirmed, with costs to plaintiff against all the defendants-appellants and to the third-party defendant against the third-party plaintiff. We do not decide whether the indemnity agreement would be adequate to indemnify the third-party plaintiff if the injury to plaintiff had been caused by the alleged indemnitor, the third-party defendant Armor. ¡No opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Dye, Fuld, Froessel, Van Voorhis, Burke and Foster.