CONVERSE, KIMBERLY MITCHELL v. DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 964 CA 11-02438 PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., CENTRA, CARNI, SCONIERS, AND MARTOCHE, JJ. KIMBERLY MITCHELL CONVERSE, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, V MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC., DOLE FRESH FRUIT COMPANY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, AND LEONARD’S EXPRESS, INC., DEFENDANT. (APPEAL NO. 3.) RUPP, BAASE, PFALZGRAF, CUNNINGHAM & COPPOLA LLC, BUFFALO (R. ANTHONY RUPP, III, OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. CANTOR, DOLCE & PANEPINTO, P.C., BUFFALO (STEPHEN C. HALPERN OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT. Appeal…