Hazen v. Dufrane

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Demarest, J.), entered September 18, 1995 in St. Lawrence County, which granted third-party defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the third-party complaint.

Defendant filed a supporting deposition with the State Police which formed the basis for the arrest of plaintiff on a charge of harassment in the first degree, a class B misdemeanor, which was prosecuted in the Massena Village Court. The charge was dismissed when defendant failed to appear in court. Defendant knew that the case was scheduled for trial but claims that she was told by…