Karama Supermarket, Inc. v. Frawley Plaza Associates

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Stuart C. Cohen, J.), entered May 7, 1993, sua sponte directing severance and separate trial of the landlord defendants’ third-party complaint against the City of New York, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, the severance is annulled, and the third-party complaint as against the City is reinstated for trial with the main action forthwith, without costs.

In 1979 a water pipe froze and burst, flooding and causing damage to plaintiff’s store. Six months after commencement of this action, defendant landlords commenced third-party actions against…