Legal Opinion · Dissent
Marine Midland Bank, N. A. v. Kenney Plumbing, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 19, 1986Published
1DissentCallahan, J.
We should affirm. Let us not forget that when reviewing a motion for summary judgment, the focus of the court’s concern is issue finding rather than issue determination and the affidavits should be scrutinized in the light most favorable to the party opposing the motion (Sill-*970man v Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., 3 NY2d 395, 404; Goldstein v County of Monroe, 77 AD2d 232, 236). Summary judgment, drastic remedy that it is, should not be granted where there is any doubt as to the existence of a triable issue of fact (Rotuba Extruders v Ceppos, 46 NY2d 223, 231; Phillips v Kantor & Co., 31…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Sillman v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1957
- Rotuba Extruders, Inc. v. CepposNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- Phillips v. Joseph Kantor & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1972
- Glick & Dolleck, Inc. v. Tri-Pac Export Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1968
- Millerton Agway Cooperative, Inc. v. Briarcliff Farms, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1966
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