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Walters v. Sternlieb

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 2, 1998
255 A.D.2d 309 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

November 2, 1998

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Doyle, J.).


Ordered that the order dated May 8, 1997, is affirmed, and it is further,

Ordered that the appeals from the orders dated May 14, 1997, and September 22, 1997, are dismissed; and it is further,

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed; and it is further,

Ordered that the respondents Meade are awarded one bill of costs.

The appeal from the intermediate orders dated May 14, 1997, and September 22, 1997, concerning summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against the defendants Charles and Robin Meade must be dismissed because the right of direct appeal therefrom terminated with the entry of judgment in the action in favor of the Meades (see, Matter of Aho, 39 N.Y.2d 241, 248). The issues raised on appeal from those orders are brought up for review and have been considered on the appeal from the judgment (see, CPLR 5501 [a] [1]).

There is no evidence in the record that the defendants Charles and Robin Meade procured or assisted in procuring alcoholic beverages for the codefendant Darren Sternlieb (see, General Obligations Law § 11-100; Rust v. Reyer, 91 N.Y.2d 355, 359; Reickert v. Misciagna, 183 A.D.2d 151, 155; MacGilvray v. Denino, 149 A.D.2d 571). Further, since the assault did not occur on the property of the defendants Meade, or on an area within their control, liability cannot be predicated on the common-law duty of landowners "to control the conduct of third persons on their premises when they have the opportunity to control such persons and are reasonably aware of the need for such control" (D'Amico v. Christie, 71 N.Y.2d 76, 85; Stackpoole v. Knights of Columbus, 236 A.D.2d 532, 533; Diakakis v. Bedrick, 236 A.D.2d 274).

The appellant's remaining contention is without merit.

Bracken, J. P., Copertino, Goldstein and McGinity, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Walters v. Sternlieb

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 2, 1998
255 A.D.2d 309 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

Walters v. Sternlieb

Case Details

Full title:DAVID J. WALTERS, Appellant, v. DARREN STERNLIEB et al., Respondents

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Nov 2, 1998

Citations

255 A.D.2d 309 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
679 N.Y.S.2d 639

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