Plaintiff Allowed to Bring Direct Claim Against 3rd-Party Defendant

NEW YORK - A New York court has denied summary judgment to a contractor named as a third-party defendant in a landlord-tenant mold case and has allowed the plaintiff to add the contractor as a direct defendant. Cornell v. 360 West 51st St. Realty, LLC, et al., No. 113104/05 (N.Y. Sup., N.Y. Cty.).

The New York County Supreme Court also held in its Aug. 17 order that the direct claim brought by Brenda Cornell against Supreme Services of New York Inc. was timely because it relates back to the filing of the third-party complaint brought against Supreme by Cornell's landlord.