KLAS, KEVIN v. CRANE CO. ( 2011 )

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 714 CA 11-00108 PRESENT: CENTRA, J.P., FAHEY, CARNI, SCONIERS, AND GREEN, JJ. IN RE: EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ASBESTOS LITIGATION. ---------------------------------------------- KEVIN KLAS, AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF ORDER NORMAN WILLIAM KLAS, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, V A.O. SMITH WATER PRODUCTS, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, AND CRANE CO., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. K&L GATES, LLP, NEW YORK CITY (KIRSTEN ALFORD KNEIS OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. BELLUCK & FOX, LLP, NEW YORK CITY (JOSEPH W. BELLUCK OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT. Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (John P. Lane, J.H.O.), entered October 19, 2010. The order denied the motion of defendant Crane Co. for summary judgment. Now, upon the stipulation of discontinuance signed by the attorneys for the parties on February 16, 2011, and filed in the Erie County Clerk’s Office on March 28, 2011, It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs upon stipulation. Entered: June 10, 2011 Patricia L. Morgan Clerk of the Court