New York & Queens Transit Corp. v. Brooklyn Union Gas Co.

This action is founded upon plaintiff’s claim that the defendant is, by operation of law, an indemnitor of the plaintiff and liable to it for a sum of money paid by plaintiff to one Sinski, under compulsion, in settlement of a judgment recovered by Sinski against the plaintiff for damages for personal injuries sustained by Sinski by reason of plaintiff’s alleged negligence. In the Sinski action the plaintiff herein was the sole party defendant. Plaintiff here seeks to recover also a sum of money for its reasonable expenses in defending that action. Here for review is the award by the Special…