SUPREME COURT of the STATE of NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPELLATE DIVISION : FOURTH JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT DECISIONS FILED JANUARY 2, 2015 HON. HENRY J. SCUDDER, PRESIDING JUSTICE HON. NANCY E. SMITH HON. JOHN V. CENTRA HON. EUGENE M. FAHEY HON. ERIN M. PERADOTTO HON. EDWARD D. CARNI HON. STEPHEN K. LINDLEY HON. ROSE H. SCONIERS HON. JOSEPH D. VALENTINO HON. GERALD J. WHALEN HON. BRIAN F. DEJOSEPH, ASSOCIATE JUSTICES FRANCES E. CAFARELL, CLERK SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 897 CA 13-02210 PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., FAHEY, LINDLEY, WHALEN, AND DEJOSEPH, JJ. LUZ M. HOUSTON, AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT M. HOUSTON, SR., DECEASED, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, V MEMORANDUM AND ORDER MCNEILUS TRUCK AND MANUFACTURING, INC., ET AL., DEFENDANTS, H LEASING COMPANY, LLC AND CLARENCE CENTER COFFEE COMPANY & CAFÉ CORP., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. (APPEAL NO. 1.) MARCUS & CINELLI, LLP, WILLIAMSVILLE (DAVID P. MARCUS OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT H LEASING COMPANY, LLC. KENNEY SHELTON LIPTAK NOWAK LLP, BUFFALO (RICHARD T. SARAF OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT CLARENCE CENTER COFFEE COMPANY & CAFÉ CORP. LIPSITZ GREEN SCIME CAMBRIA LLP, BUFFALO (JOHN A. COLLINS OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT. Appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (James H. Dillon, J.), entered April 18, 2013. The order, among other things, denied the motion of defendant Clarence Center Coffee Company & Café Corp. for summary judgment and denied in part the motion of defendant H Leasing Company, LLC for summary judgment. It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is modified on the law by granting that part of the motion of defendant H Leasing Company, LLC for summary judgment dismissing the strict products liability cause of action and all related cross claims against it, and as modified the order is affirmed without costs.
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