Marymount College v. John J. Abramsen Co.

This is a motion by certain defendants who, having fully paid the judgment obtained by the plaintiff in this action, seek contribution from the other defendants pursuant to section 211-a of the Civil Practice Act. The moving parties are the seven individual defendants and one of the three corporate defendants.

The action was brought to recover for property damage sustained as a result of the collapse and fall of a chimney onto plaintiff’s property during the course of demolition work on the adjoining premises. The seven individual defendants owned the adjoining premises and one of them was the…