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LYNN PRUCNAL, PLAINTIFF, v. DNG ACQUISITION GROUP, LLC, DEFENDANT. DNG ACQUISITION GROUP, LLC, THIRD-PARTY PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, GREENVIEW LANDSCAPE CO., THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. (APPEAL NO. 1.).

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It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Plaintiff commenced this action seeking damages for injuries she sustained when she slipped and fell in a parking lot owned by defendant-third-party plaintiff, DNG Acquisition Group, LLC (DNG). DNG commenced a third-party action against third-party defendant, Greenview Landscape Co. (Greenview), asserting breach of contract on the ground that Greenview failed to plow the parking lot on the day plaintiff was injured. Pursuant to a settlement agreement, plaintiff agreed to the amount of damages, and a trial was conducted on the issue whether DNG or Greenview was liable to plaintiff for those damages. We reject the contention of Greenview that Supreme Court erred in denying its CPLR 4401 motion seeking to dismiss the third-party complaint. DNG presented evidence that Greenview breached the contract by failing and refusing to plow its parking lot on the day plaintiff was injured, and thus it cannot be said that "there is no rational process by which the fact trier could base a finding in favor of [DNG]" ( Szczerbiak v. Pilat, 90 N.Y.2d 553, 556). The court also properly determined that the contract is ambiguous with respect to payment for the plowing services inasmuch as the payment provisions are "susceptible of more than one interpretation" ( Chimart Assoc. v. Paul, 66 N.Y.2d 570, 573). Thus, the court properly submitted to the jury the issue whether it was reasonable for Greenview to treat its contract with DNG as cancelled based upon DNG's failure to pay three invoices. Finally, we reject Greenview's contention that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence ( see Manna v. Hubbard, 254 A.D.2d 693; Greene v. Foster Cent. School Dist., 214 A.D.2d 947, 948).

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PRUCNAL v. DNG ACQUISITION GROUP
(Mar 19, 2004)