ABBOTT, JENNIFER L. v. TONAWANDA COKE CORPORATION

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 155 CA 12-01384 PRESENT: CENTRA, J.P., FAHEY, CARNI, SCONIERS, AND VALENTINO, JJ. JENNIFER L. ABBOTT, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, V MEMORANDUM AND ORDER TONAWANDA COKE CORPORATION, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, AND JAMES DONALD CRANE, ALSO KNOWN AS J.D. CRANE OR J. DONALD CRANE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. HODGSON RUSS LLP, BUFFALO (BENJAMIN M. ZUFFRANIERI, JR., OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. RICHARD J. LIPPES & ASSOCIATES, BUFFALO, AND JOSEPH D. GONZALEZ, WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIFORNIA, OF THE CALIFORNIA BAR,…