Interested Underwriters at Lloyds v. Associated Ceilings Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Our review of the scant record in this case fails to disclose prima facie proof that the defendant was in control of the damaged premises at the time the ceiling collapsed or that there was negligence in the performance of the *637work. Specifically, the only testimony on the latter score came from Ralph Bank, the plaintiff’s subrogor’s president, who, disclaiming any personal knowledge on the subject, could recite no more than a hearsay conversation with Irving Buller, the president of the…