DELUCA, MARY v. TONAWANDA COKE CORPORATION

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 1341 CA 15-00298 PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, VALENTINO, WHALEN, AND DEJOSEPH, JJ.

MARY DELUCA, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS CLASS REPRESENTATIVE, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, V MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TONAWANDA COKE CORPORATION, ESTATE OF J.D. CRANE, DECEASED, MARK KAMHOLZ, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, ET AL., DEFENDANTS. (APPEAL NO. 2.)

HODGSON RUSS LLP, BUFFALO (HUGH M. RUSS, III, OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

WILENTZ, GOLDMAN & SPITZER, P.A., NEW YORK CITY (ALFRED M. ANTHONY OF COUNSEL), COLLINS & COLLINS ATTORNEYS, LLC, BUFFALO, GORDON & GORDON, SPRINGFIELD, NEW JERSEY, AND HOBBIE, CORRIGAN & BERTUCIO, P.C., EATONTOWN, NEW JERSEY, FOR PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Paula L.

Feroleto, J.), entered January 7, 2015. The order, inter alia, granted in part the motion of plaintiffs for class certification.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Same memorandum as in DeLuca v Tonawanda Coke Corp. ([appeal No. 1] ___ AD3d ___ [Dec. 31, 2015]).

Entered: December 31, 2015 Frances E. Cafarell Clerk of the Court