Boorman v. City of New York

OPINION OF THE COURT

Michael D. Stallman, J.

In this personal injury action alleging a trip and fall over a makeshift concrete ramp next to a subway grating, a group of defendants seek a “declaration” that the cross claims that another defendant asserted against them for common-law indemnification and contribution were “stricken by operation of law” as a result of a prior decision and order striking that defendant’s answer, or that the cross claims should be stricken now.

Background

In this action, plaintiff alleges that, on July 16, 2002, he tripped and fell over a makeshift concrete ramp…