Vassiliades v. Joseph P. Blitz, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtBenjamin Brenner, J.
Motion by third-party defendant (hereinafter called Westinghouse) to dismiss third-party complaint of the defendant (hereinafter called Blitz) for failure to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. In the main complaint the plaintiff alleges that while he was working for Westinghouse, a subcontractor of the general contractor, Blitz, he fell in an elevator shaft and was injured by reason of the negligence of Blitz ‘ ‘ in allowing and permitting the elevator shaft and the door openings leading thereto to be and remain for a long time, to its knowledge, in a dangerous, careless,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Semanchuck v. Fifth Avenue & 37th Street Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1943
- Rufo v. OrlandoNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
- Wischnie v. DorschNew York Court of Appeals · 1947
- Forman v. UdellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1944
3Cited by4 opinions
- Vassiliades v. Joseph P. Blitz, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1962
- Romanoff v. Benjamin Eisenberg Co.New York Supreme Court · 1961
- Leika v. ShauAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972
- Silia v. Peter Kiewit Sons' Co.New York Supreme Court · 1962