Vetere v. Pembrooke Land Development LLC

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Mott, J.), entered July 21, 2016 in Ulster County, which, among other things, denied motions by defendants Ameritech Land Development, Inc. and Richard W. Smith for summary judgment dismissing the amended complaint against them.

In October 2011, plaintiff Michael Vetere Jr. (hereinafter Vetere) noticed that eight trees had recently been cut and removed from property that he jointly owned with his brothers, plaintiffs Frances Vetere and Ronald Vetere, located near its boundary with an adjoining property, where a new home was in the process of being…