IN RE EAST 51ST STREET CRANE COLLAPSE LITIGATION JEAN SQUERI, plf-res, v. EAST 51ST STREET DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC def-ap, KENNELLY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC def

8229. IN RE EAST 51ST STREET CRANE COLLAPSE LITIGATION JEAN SQUERI, plf-res, v. EAST 51ST STREET DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC def-ap, KENNELLY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC def — EAST 51ST STREET DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC, Third-Party plf-ap, v. CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC. Third-Party def, LIFTEX CORPORATION, Third-Party def-res — CRAVE FOODS INC., ETC., plf-res, v. RAPETTI RIGGING SERVICES, INC. def — O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York (Thomas G. Carruthers of counsel), for East 51st Street Development Company, LLC, ap — Gallo, Vitucci & Klar, LLP, New York (Kimberly A. Ricciardi of counsel), for Reliance Construction, Ltd. and RCG Group, LLC, ap — Pollack, Pollack, Isaac & DeCicco, New York (Brian J. Isaac and Robert E. Godosky of counsel), for Jean Squeri, res — Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., New York (Jeffrey R. Metz of counsel), for Crave Foods Inc., res — Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol R. Edmead, J.), entered December 23, 2011, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted the motion by plaintiff Jean Squeri and cross motions by third-party defendant Liftex Corporation and plaintiff Crave Foods Inc. to unseal settlement documents pertaining to Labor Law wrongful death claims in these consolidated actions, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

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8229. IN RE EAST 51ST STREET CRANE COLLAPSE LITIGATION JEAN SQUERI, plf-res, v. EAST 51ST STREET DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC def-ap, KENNELLY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC def — EAST 51ST STREET DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC, Third-Party plf-ap, v. CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC. Third-Party def, LIFTEX CORPORATION, Third-Party def-res — CRAVE FOODS INC., ETC., plf-res, v. RAPETTI RIGGING SERVICES, INC. def — O’Melveny & Myers LLP, New York (Thomas G. Carruthers of counsel), for East 51st Street Development Company, LLC, ap — Gallo, Vitucci & Klar, LLP, New York (Kimberly A. Ricciardi of counsel), for Reliance Construction, Ltd. and RCG Group, LLC, ap — Pollack, Pollack, Isaac & DeCicco, New York (Brian J. Isaac and Robert E. Godosky of counsel), for Jean Squeri, res — Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., New York (Jeffrey R. Metz of counsel), for Crave Foods Inc., res — Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol R. Edmead, J.), entered December 23, 2011, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted the motion by plaintiff Jean Squeri and cross motions by third-party defendant Liftex Corporation and plaintiff Crave Foods Inc. to unseal settlement documents pertaining to Labor Law wrongful death claims in these consolidated actions, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

This litigation arises out of a tower crane collapse. Upon the settlement of a wrongful death action, the court issued an order dated January 6, 2011 by which it directed the sealing of the terms of that particular settlement “until all wrongful death actions arising from the same incident herein are resolved.” The court issued the unsealing order as set forth above although one wrongful death action remains pending. Citing Uniform Rules for Trial Courts (22 NYCRR) §216.1(a), the court found that there had been no showing of good cause for the continued sealing of the settlement documents. We agree.

IN RE EAST 51ST STREET CRANE COLLAPSE LITIGATION JEAN SQUERI, plf-res, v. EAST 51ST STREET DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC def-ap, KENNELLY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC def

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