MAZZONE v. LAZAROFF

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Docket Number

2002-08775

Attorney(S)

Russo, Keane Toner, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Alan Russo of counsel; Christopher G. Keane on the brief), for defendant third-party plaintiff-appellant-respondent. Morris, Duffy, Alonso Faley, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Pauline E. Glaser of counsel), for defendants third-party defendants-respondents-appellants Island Properties Real Estate Management Corp., Jose J. Hernandez, Jr., and Carol Weisman. Ahmuty, Demers McManus, Albertson, N.Y. (Brendan T. Fitzpatrick of counsel), for defendant third-party defendant-respondent-appellant G.M. Swimming Pools, Inc. Abbott, Bushlow, Schechner, LLP, Ridgewood, N.Y. (Michelle E. Bushlow and Bruce E. Bushlow of counsel), for plaintiff-respondent.

Judges

Nancy E. Smith
Robert J. Miller

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ANTHONY MAZZONE, ETC., plaintiff-respondent, v. MICHAEL LAZAROFF, defendant third-party plaintiff-appellant-respondent; ISLAND PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT CORP., ET AL., defendants third-party defendants-respondents-appellants.

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is reversed, on the law, with one bill of costs payable to the appellant-respondent and respondents-appellants by the plaintiff, the motion and cross motions are granted, and the complaint, the third-party complaint, and all cross claims are dismissed.

In support of their separate motion and cross motions for summary judgment, the appellant-respondent and respondents-appellants (hereinafter the appellants) made prima facie showings of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law (see Alvarez v. Prospect Hosp., 68 N.Y.2d 320). In opposition to the motion and cross motions, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact. In particular, the plaintiff offered nothing more than speculation that any alleged negligence on the part of the appellants was a proximate cause of the decedent's death (see Johnson v. Sniffen, 265 A.D.2d 304). Accordingly, the Supreme Court should have granted the appellants' respective motion and cross motions for summary judgment.

RITTER, J.P., SMITH, GOLDSTEIN and H. MILLER, JJ., concur.

ANTHONY MAZZONE, ETC., plaintiff-respondent, v. MICHAEL LAZAROFF, defendant third-party plaintiff-appellant-respondent; ISLAND PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT CORP., ET AL., defendants third-party defendants-respondents-appellants.

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