Laquidara, Inc. v. Van Buskirk Builders, Inc.

— Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Graves, J.), entered August 13, 1981 in Saratoga County, which, inter alia, referred the claims of plaintiffs Laquidara, Inc., Dagostino Building, Inc., and Thomas A. Galante & Sons, Inc., to a referee. Defendant Anthony Van Buskirk was president and sole stockholder of both of the defendant Van Buskirk construction corporations, now defunct. On October 19, 1979, Van Buskirk Builders, Inc., contracted to erect and install a 25-ton press upon premises owned by the General Electric Company in Schenectady, New York. Because Van Buskirk…