De Mato v. County of Suffolk

This is an action for personal injuries arising out of an autoinobile ¡accident. The plaintiffs ’ car collided with a vehicle driven by defendant Howard Widmaier and owned by the defendant Kathleen Widmaier, who was apparently not ¡a participant in the accident. The defendant Kathleen Widmaier, in her answer, interposed a counterclaim against the plaintiffs for property damage to her automobile. The /plaintiffs, in their reply to the counterclaim, have asserted a “ cross claim ” against the defendant Howard Widmaier only, the driver of the car, for indemnification under the rationale of Dole…