Hernandez v East Boy, Inc.
2013 NY Slip Op 01469 [104 AD3d 435]
March 7, 2013
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, April 24, 2013


Adelo Hernandez, Respondent,
v
East Boy, Inc., Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant. East Japanese Restaurant et al., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents.

[*1] Gannon, Rosenfarb, Balletti & Drossman, New York (Lisa L. Gokhulsingh of counsel), for appellant.

James M. Sheridan, Jr., Garden City, for Adelo Hernandez, respondent.

Law Offices of Michael E. Pressman, New York (Stuart Chotewa of counsel), for East Japanese Restaurant, H. Yachi, Inc. and Yachi Enterprizes, respondents.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Louis B. York, J.), entered August 10, 2012, which denied defendant/third-party plaintiff's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and on its claim for indemnification against third-party defendants, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Conflicting testimony raises an issue of fact whether, despite the terms of the lease, defendant retained or assumed responsibility for maintaining the premises and can be held liable for plaintiff's injuries (see Colon v Mandelbaum, 244 AD2d 292 [1st Dept 1997]). In light of the unresolved issue of its negligence, defendant is not entitled to indemnification (see [*2]Delgiudice v Papanicolaou, 5 AD3d 236 [1st Dept 2004]; Tormey v City of New York, 302 AD2d 277, 278 [1st Dept 2003]).

We have considered defendant's remaining arguments and find them unavailing. Concur—Andrias, J.P., Friedman, Acosta, Freedman and Clark, JJ.