Rivera v Columbia Hicks Assoc., LLC

Rivera v Columbia Hicks Assoc., LLC 2017 NY Slip Op 04375 Decided on June 1, 2017 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on June 1, 2017
Sweeny, J.P., Mazzarelli, Moskowitz, Manzanet-Daniels, Kapnick, JJ.
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[*1]Andres Rivera, Plaintiff-Respondent,

v

Columbia Hicks Associates, LLC, et al., Defendants.



Columbia Hicks Associates LLC, Third-Party Plaintiff,

v

SDS Columbia LLC, et al., Third-Party Defendants.



Columbia Hicks Associates LLC, Second Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent,

v

Knockdown Contracting, Inc., Second Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.

Clausen Miller P.C., New York (Don R. Sampen of the bar of the State of Illinois, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for appellant.

Mallilo & Grossman, Flushing (F. Jason Kajoshaj of counsel), for Andres Rivera, respondent.

Baker Greenspan & Bernstein, Bellmore (Robert L. Bernstein, Jr. of counsel), for Columbia Hicks Associates LLC, respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Julia I. Rodriguez, J.), entered April 6, 2016, which denied second third-party defendant Knockdown Contracting Inc.'s motion for summary judgment dismissing second third-party plaintiff Columbia Hicks Associates LLC's third-party claims against it, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion court properly denied Knockdown's motion as untimely, because [*2]Knockdown failed to show "good cause" for moving for summary judgment more than 120 days after the filing of the note of issue (CPLR 3212[a]; see e.g. Miceli v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 3 NY3d 725 [2004]).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER

OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

ENTERED: JUNE 1, 2017

CLERK