Black v. Moody

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Yvonne Gonzales, J.), entered on or about February 16, 2000, which denied defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs’ wrongful death cause of action, unanimously affirmed, without costs. Appeal from order, same court (Jerry Crispino, J.), entered on or about December 23, 1999, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as superseded by the appeal from the subsequent order.

While defendants contend that Aime Chee-Lan was not the common-law wife of the decedent and accordingly is without standing as a distributee to seek damages for the…