Murphy v. Islat Associates Graft Hat Manufacturing Co.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Gerald Esposito, J.), entered on or about December 21, 1998, after a jury verdict in plaintiff’s favor in the sum of $2,000,000, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs or disbursements, the judgment vacated, the motion of defendant James A. Jennings Co., Inc., for a directed verdict on its common-law indemnification claim against third-party defendant Atlantic Detail and Erection Corporation granted and the matter remanded for a new trial on damages, to be conducted in accordance with the decision herein. Appeal from order, same…