Garcia v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Louise Gruner Gans, J.), entered on or about May 3, 2001, which, in an action by a laborer against a building owner for personal injuries and a third-party action by the building owner against a contractor in which issue was not joined until after plaintiff had been granted partial summary judgment on the issue of the building owner’s liability under Labor Law § 240 (1), insofar as appealed from, denied the contractor’s motion to sever the third-party action from the main action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The order on appeal makes specific…