Johnson v. Endicott Johnson Corp.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Broome County, denying a motion to dismiss a third-party complaint. The Endicott Johnson Corporation undertook building construction and repair work on its own power house. It retained appellant Hagopian to do steel work. The Endicott corporation in this work maintained and used a hoist. The plaintiff Johnson, an employee of Hagopian, was injured by this hoist. He sued the Endicott corporation. The complaint is very broadly framed in its claim of negligence. Under its allegations it could be found that the corporation’s active negligence caused…