Village of Babylon v Hendrickson Bros., Inc.
2012 NY Slip Op 03177 [94 AD3d 1100]
April 24, 2012
Appellate Division, Second Department
As corrected through Wednesday, May 23, 2012


Village of Babylon, Appellant,
v
Hendrickson Bros., Inc.,Respondent.

[*1]Carman, Callahan & Ingham, LLP, Farmingdale, N.Y. (Michael F. Ingham of counsel),for appellant.

Devitt Spellman Barrett, LLP, Smithtown, N.Y. (John M. Denby of counsel), forrespondent.

In an action to recover damages for continuing public nuisance, the plaintiff appeals from anorder of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Molia, J.), dated June 6, 2011, which granted thedefendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as time-barred.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff alleges that, pursuant to a contract with Suffolk County, the defendantcompleted certain sewer construction work in 1973, and that defects in the construction workconstitute and contribute to a continuing public nuisance. The action is time-barred for thereasons stated in the companion case of Village of Lindenhurst v J.D. Posillico, Inc. (94AD3d 1101 [2012] [decided herewith]).

The plaintiff's contentions relating to alleged statutory violations are not properly before thisCourt. Rivera, J.P., Dillon, Angiolillo and Leventhal, JJ., concur.


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