Legal Opinion
Branham v. Loews Orpheum Theatre, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 28, 2002PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Lehner, J.), entered August 27, 2001, which, in an action against the owners and tenant of premises in which plaintiff allegedly sustained personal injuries, marked the action off the calendar due to the bankruptcy of the tenant, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The motion court properly refused to entertain proceedings against the owners in view of the tenant/bankrupt’s apparently undisputed obligation to indemnify the owners for any liability they sustain in this action. While the bankruptcy filing by one defendant does not prevent a…
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