Court of Appeals Decision List
Decided October 20, 2005
Cases
Raffaele Ciocca et al.,
Appellants,
v.
Sang K. Park, et al.,
Respondents.
On review of submissions pursuant to
section 500.11 of the Rules, order
affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.
Chief Judge Kaye and Judges G.B. Smith,
Ciparick, Rosenblatt, Graffeo, Read and
R.S. Smith concur.
The People &c.,
Appellant,
v.
Harold L. Dunbar,
Respondent.
Order affirmed, in a memorandum.
Chief Judge Kaye and Judges G.B. Smith,
Ciparick, Rosenblatt, Graffeo, Read and
R.S. Smith concur.
Glenbriar Co.,
Appellant,
v.
S. Lee Lipsman, et al.,
Respondents.
Order affirmed with costs. Certified
question not answered upon the ground
that it is unnecessary.
Opinion by Judge G.B. Smith.
Chief Judge Kaye and Judges Ciparick,
Rosenblatt, Graffeo, Read and R.S. Smith
concur, Judge Rosenblatt in a separate
concurring opinion in which Judge R.S.
Smith also concurs.
In the Matter of Pine Knolls
Alliance Church,
Respondent,
v.
Zoning Board of Appeals of the
Town of Moreau,
Appellant.

Order reversed, with costs, and petition
dismissed.
Opinion by Judge Graffeo.
Chief Judge Kaye and Judges G.B. Smith,
Ciparick, Rosenblatt, Read and R.S. Smith
concur.
Tomaz Mendes Regatos,
Respondent,
v.
North Fork Bank and New
Commercial Bank of New York,
Appellants,
North Fork Bancorporation,
Defendant.


Following certification of questions by
the United States Court of Appeals for
the Second Circuit and acceptance of the
questions by this Court pursuant to
section 500.27 of the Rules of Practice
of the New York State Court of Appeals,
and after hearing argument by counsel
for the parties and consideration of the
briefs and the record submitted,
certified questions answered as follows:
the first part of question one answered
in the negative, and the second part of
question one not answered as academic;
and the first part of question two
answered in the affirmative, and the
second part of question two answered in
the negative.
Opinion by Judge Rosenblatt.
Chief Judge Kaye and Judges G.B. Smith,
Ciparick, Graffeo, Read and R.S. Smith
concur.

Jose Rodrigues et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
N & S Building Contractors, Inc.,
Appellant,
et al.,
Defendant,
Caldas Concrete Company, Inc.
et al.,
Third-Party Respondents.
Order reversed, with costs, defendant
third-party plaintiff N & S Building
Contractors, Inc.'s motion for summary
judgment as to the third-party action
granted and judgment granted declaring
in accordance with the opinion herein.
Opinion by Chief Judge Kaye.
Judges G.B. Smith, Ciparick, Rosenblatt,
Graffeo and R.S. Smith concur.
Judge Read dissents in an opinion.
Motions
In the Matter of Christine Anson,
Appellant,
v.
Linden Anson,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
AG Capital Funding Partners, L.P.
et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
State Street Bank and Trust
Company,
Third-Party Appellant,
Salomon Smith Barney Inc.,
et al.,
Third-Party Respondents.
Motion by AG Capital Funding Partners,
L.P., et al. for leave to file a brief
&c. on the appeal herein granted only to
the extent that the proposed brief is
accepted as filed.
The People &c.,
Respondent,
v.
Thomas Burton,
Appellant.
Motion for assignment of counsel granted
and Laura Johnson, Esq., The Legal Aid
Society, 199 Water Street, New York,
NY 10038 assigned as counsel to the
appellant on the appeal herein.
Xiao Yang Chen,
Appellant,
v.
Ian Ira Fischer,
Respondent.
Motion by Sanctuary for Families' Center
for Battered Women's Legal Services for
leave to file a brief amicus curiae on
the appeal herein granted. Two copies
of the brief may be served and 24 copies
filed within seven days.
Xiao Yang Chen,
Appellant,
v.
Ian Ira Fischer,
Respondent.
Motion by Women's Bar Association of the
State of New York for leave to file a
brief amicus curiae on the appeal herein
granted. Three copies of the brief may
be served and one original and 24 copies
of the brief filed within seven days.
The People &c.,
Respondent,
v.
Glenn Clinkscales,
Appellant.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
Colonial Penn Insurance Company,
Respondent,
v.
New York Central Mutual Insurance
Company,
Appellant.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
The People &c.,
Respondent,
v.
John Covington,
Appellant.
Motion for an extension of the time within
which to apply for permission to appeal
pursuant to CPL 460.20 denied as
unnecessary and motion papers treated as
a timely CPL 460.20 application.
Louis Crapsi,
Respondent,
v.
South Shore Golf Club Holding
Company, Inc. et al.,
Appellants.
Motion for leave to appeal denied with
one hundred dollars costs and necessary
reproduction disbursements.
The People &c.,
Respondent,
v.
Richard Crespo,
Appellant.
Motion for an extension of the time within
which to apply for permission to appeal
pursuant to CPL 460.20 granted and motion
papers treated as a timely CPL 460.20
application.
Randy Crowningshield,
Appellant,
v.
Barry Kim,
Defendant,
Harold A. Koster et al.,
Respondents.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
James A. Dietz,
Plaintiff,
v.
Compass Property Management
Corporation, et al.,
Defendants.
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Compass Property Management
Corporation, et al.,
Third-Party Appellants,
v.
Siegel Landscape Service, Inc.,
Third-Party Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal denied with
one hundred dollars costs and necessary
reproduction disbursements.
The People &c.,
Respondent,
v.
Paris Drake,
Appellant.
Motion for assignment of counsel granted
and Richard M. Greenberg, Esq., Office of
the Appellate Defender, 45 West 45th
Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10036
assigned as counsel to the appellant on
the appeal herein.
Victor N. Farley, as Public
Administrator &c. of Norma
Roman, et al., &c.,
Appellant,
v.
County of Erie, et al.,
Respondents.
Motion for leave to appeal denied with
one hundred dollars costs and necessary
reproduction disbursements.
Fleet National Bank,
Respondent,
v.
David M. Olasov et al.,
Appellants,
et al.,
Defendants.
Motion for leave to appeal dismissed upon
the ground that the order sought to be
appealed from does not finally determine
the action within the meaning of the
Constitution.
In the Matter of Dennis P. Flood,
&c.,
Respondent,
v.
Lawrence Schopfer, &c., et al.,
Respondents,
Erin Malloy, &c.,
Respondent,
Susan Brenner-Morton,
Intervenor-Appellant.
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(And Another Proceeding.)
On the Court's own motion, appeal
dismissed, without costs, upon the ground
that no substantial constitutional
question is directly involved.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
In the Matter of Dennis P. Flood,
&c.,
Respondent,
v.
Lawrence Schopfer, &c., et al.,
Respondents,
Erin Malloy, &c.,
Appellant,
Susan Brenner-Morton,
Intervenor-Respondent.
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(A nd Another Proceeding.)
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
Lawrence L. Gaslow,
Appellant,
v.
KPMG LLP, et al.,
Respondents.
Motion for leave to appeal dismissed upon
the ground that the order sought to be
appealed from does not finally determine
the action within the meaning of the
Constitution.
Donald G. Gore et al.,
Appellants,
v.
Giuseppe Cambareri et al.,
Respondents.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
Gloria Green,
Appellant,
v.
New York City Department of
Education,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
Brunilda Guzman,
Appellant,
v.
New York City Transit Authority,
et al.,
Respondents.
Motion for leave to appeal dismissed as
untimely (see, CPLR 5513[b]; Eaton v
State of New York, 76 NY2d 824 [1990]).
Town of Hempstead, et al.,
Respondents,
v.
Incorporated Village of
Freeport,
Appellant,
et al.,
Defendant.
Motion for leave to appeal denied with
one hundred dollars costs and necessary
reproduction disbursements.
John R. Herzog,
Appellant,
v.
Theresa M. Herzog,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal denied with
one hundred dollars costs and necessary
reproduction disbursements.
Hoffend & Sons, Inc.,
Appellant,
v.
Rose & Kiernan, Inc. and Mark
C. Nickel,
Respondents.

Motion, insofar as it seeks leave to
appeal from that part of the Appellate
Division order that dismissed the
complaint, granted; motion, insofar as
it seeks leave to appeal from that part
of the Appellate Division order that
denied appellant's motion to amend the
complaint, dismissed upon the ground
that such portion of the order does
not finally determine the action within
the meaning of the Constitution.
Dorothy Hulse &c., et al,
Respondents,
v.
Summerlin, LLC, et al.,
Appellants.
(And A Third-Party Action.)
Motion for leave to appeal dismissed upon
the ground that the order sought to be
appealed from does not finally determine
the action within the meaning of the
Constitution.
Edward F. Hutton,
Appellant,
v.
Alexis Hadasse Brink, also known
as Linda Hadasse Abram,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal denied with
one hundred dollars costs and necessary
reproduction disbursements.
The People &c.,
Respondent,
v.
Leroy Jamison,
Appellant.

Motion for an extension of the time within
which to apply for permission to appeal
pursuant to CPL 460.20 dismissed as
untimely.
In the Matter of Otis P. Jenkins,
Respondent-Appellant,
v.
Judy A. Jenkins,
Appellant-Respondent,
Pamela Walton,
Respondent.
(And Three Other Related
Proceedings.)
Motion by counsel for respondent-appellant
for relief from the assignment denied.
The People &c.,
Respondent,
v.
Thomas Kelly,
Appellant.
Motion for reargument denied.
Willie King et al.,
Appellants,
v.
T. James Wu, &c., et al.,
Respondents,
et al.,
Defendant.
Motion for leave to appeal denied with
one hundred dollars costs and necessary
reproduction disbursements.
Candace Lefferts,
Plaintiff,
v.
Federated Department Stores,
Inc., d/b/a Macy's,
Defendant.
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Federated Department Stores,
Inc., d/b/a Macy's,
Third-Party Respondent,
v.
MG Concepts,
Third-Party Appellant,
Fixture Perfect International
and/or F.P.I.,
Third-Party Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal dismissed upon
the ground that the order sought to be
appealed from does not finally determine
the action within the meaning of the
Constitution.
The People &c.,
Respondent,
v.
David T. Lewis,
Appellant.
Motion for an extension of the time within
which to apply for permission to appeal
pursuant to CPL 460.20 granted and motion
papers treated as a timely CPL 460.20
application.
The People &c. ex rel. Lawrence
Lewis,
Appellant,
v.
William E. Phillips, &c.,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
Motion for poor person relief dismissed
as academic.
Lawton Llewellyn,
Respondent,
v.
Maurice W. Pomfrey & Associates,
Ltd., &c., et al.,
Appellants.
Motion for leave to appeal denied with
one hundred dollars costs and necessary
reproduction disbursements.
Jeffrey Mars, et al.,
Appellants,
v.
Diocese of Rochester,
Respondent,
et al.,
Defendant.
Motion for reargument of motion for leave
to appeal dismissed as untimely.
The People &c.,
Respondent,
v.
Frank Mateo Jr.,
Appellant.
Motion for an extension of the time within
which to apply for permission to appeal
pursuant to CPL 460.20 granted and motion
papers treated as a timely CPL 460.20
application.
Mount Zion Ministries Church,
Inc.,
Appellant,
v.
Hines Color, Inc.,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal denied with
one hundred dollars costs and necessary
reproduction disbursements.
In the Matter of Gregory Neail,
Respondent,
v.
Sandra DeShane,
Appellant.
(And Another Related Proceeding.)
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
In the Matter of Oak Street
Management Inc.
Gerald N. Jacobowitz, et al.,
Respondents;
Arthur F. Concors, et al.,
Appellants.
Motion for leave to appeal granted.
In the Matter of Mark Osmundson,
Appellant,
v.
Helen Held-Cummings,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
In the Matter of Janice M.
Pennington,
Respondent,
v.
Frank J. Clark, &c., et al.,
Appellants.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
Power Cooling Inc.,
Appellant,
v.
The Churchill School and Center,
et al.,
Defendants,
Signature Construction Group,
Inc.,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal denied with
one hundred dollars costs and necessary
reproduction disbursements.
Red Hook Marble, Inc.,
Appellant,
v.
Herskowitz & Rosenberg,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal denied with
one hundred dollars costs and necessary
reproduction disbursements.
Angela Riddick, &c., et al.,
Appellants,
v.
The City of New York, et al.,
Respondents.
Motion for leave to appeal denied with
one hundred dollars costs and necessary
reproduction disbursements.
In the Matter of Rozelle Tyrone
Lee P., &c.,
Nancyrose C., &c.,
Appellant;
Administration for Children's
Services,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal dismissed upon
the ground that the order sought to be
appealed from does not finally determine
the proceeding within the meaning of the
Constitution.
Motion for poor person relief dismissed
as academic.
In the Matter of Jessica S.
(Anonymous).
Administration for Children's
Services,
Respondent;
Arthur S. (Anonymous),
Appellant.
(And Two Other Proceedings.)
Motion for leave to appeal dismissed as
untimely (see, CPLR 5513[b]).
Motion for poor person relief dismissed
as academic.
The People &c.,
Respondent,
v.
Maijia Scott,
Appellant.
Motion for an extension of the time within
which to apply for permission to appeal
pursuant to CPL 460.20 granted and motion
papers treated as a timely CPL 460.20
application.
Frederick Siemon,
Appellant,
v.
Kristen Useted,
Respondent.

On the Court's own motion, appeal
dismissed, without costs, upon the ground
that the order appealed from does not
finally determine the action within the
meaning of the Constitution.
Motion for leave to appeal dismissed upon
the ground that the order sought to be
appealed from does not finally determine
the action within the meaning of the
Constitution.
Motion for poor person relief dismissed
as academic.
Solow Management Corp.,
Appellant,
v.
Richard C. Seltzer,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal denied with
one hundred dollars costs and necessary
reproduction disbursements.
In the Matter of Adrienne
Sumowicz,
Appellant,
v.
Raymond Kelly, as Police Commis-
sioner of the City of New York,
&c.,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
Sung Hwan Co., Ltd.,
Appellant,
v.
Rite Aid Corporation,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal granted.
Louis Tatta,
Appellant,
v.
State of New York,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
In the Matter of Paul Taylor,
Appellant,
v.
Robert Dennison, Chairman, New
York State Division of Parole,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
Michelle Trummer et al.,
Appellants,
v.
Reiner N. Niewisch, d/b/a R.N.
Equestrian Services, et al.,
Respondents.
Motion for leave to appeal denied with
one hundred dollars costs and necessary
reproduction disbursements.
In the Matter of Visiting Nurse
Service of New York Home Care,
Respondent,
v.
New York State Department of
Health, et al.,
Appellants.
Motion by Home Care Association of New
York State, Inc. for leave to file a brief
amicus curiae on the appeal herein
granted. Three copies of the brief may
be served and one original and 24 copies
of the brief filed within seven days.
In the Matter of George Wallas,
Deceased,
Appellant,
v.
Mastic Beach Excavation, Inc.,
et al.,
Respondents.
Workers' Compensation Board,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
Arnold Weiss, Esq.,
Appellant,
v.
Superior Jamestown Corporation,
Inc., et al.,
Respondents.
Motion for leave to appeal dismissed upon
the ground that the order sought to be
appealed from does not finally determine
the action within the meaning of the
Constitution.
The People &c.,
Respondent,
v.
Terence Wells,
Appellant.
Motion for assignment of counsel granted
and Richard M. Greenberg, Esq., Office of
the Appellate Defender, 45 West 45th
Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10036
assigned as counsel to the appellant on
the appeal herein.
Geneese White,
Appellant,
v.
Laidlaw Transit, Inc.,
Respondent.

Motion for leave to appeal denied with
one hundred dollars costs and necessary
reproduction disbursements.
The People &c.,
Respondent,
v.
Ronald Williams,
Appellant.
Motion for assignment of counsel granted and Richard M. Greenberg, Esq., Office of the Appellate Defender, 45 West 45th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10036 assigned as counsel to the appellant on the appeal herein.