CONVERSE, KIMBERLY MITCHELL v. DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC. ( 2012 )

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 958 CA 11-01979 PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., CENTRA, CARNI, SCONIERS, AND MARTOCHE, JJ. KIMBERLY MITCHELL CONVERSE, PLAINTIFF, V ORDER DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC., DOLE FRESH FRUIT COMPANY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, AND LEONARD’S EXPRESS, INC., DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. (APPEAL NO. 1.) RUPP, BAASE, PFALZGRAF, CUNNINGHAM & COPPOLA, LLC, BUFFALO (R. ANTHONY RUPP, III, OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. RUBIN, FIORELLA & FRIEDMAN LLP, NEW YORK CITY (STEWART B. GREENSPAN OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Steuben County (Peter C. Bradstreet, A.J.), entered December 15, 2010 in a personal injury action. The order, inter alia, denied the motion of defendants Dole Food Company, Inc. and Dole Fresh Fruit Company for summary judgment on contractual indemnification against defendant Leonard’s Express, Inc. It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs (see Hughes v Nussbaumer, Clarke & Velzy, 140 AD2d 988; Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. v Roberts & Roberts, 63 AD2d 566, 567; see also CPLR 5501 [a] [1]). Entered: September 28, 2012 Frances E. Cafarell Clerk of the Court