Posillico v. Laquila Construction, Inc.

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Garry, J.), dated June 18, 1998, which granted the respective motions of the third-party defendant Spencer White & Prentis Foundation Corp., and the defendant, Laquila Construction, Inc., to amend their respective answers to assert affirmative *395defenses based on the Federal Longshore and Harbor Workers Act (33 USC § 901 et seq.) and denied their cross motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability on their causes of action under Labor Law § 240…