Hercules Chemical Co. v. North Star Reinsurance Corp.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered June 14, 1979, granting third-party defendant’s motion to dismiss the third-party complaint as to it, unanimously affirmed, with costs and disbursements. In affirming the dismissal, we find it unnecessary, as Special Term did, to reach the issue of whether a third-party complaint may be stated against attorneys who, it is alleged, were negligent in the performance of legal services rendered to the plaintiff. Indeed, the issue does not even appear to be in the case. The third-party complaint sought only contribution from these attorneys, pursuant…