Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2025

Cotton v. Pems, Tool & Mach., Inc.

Cotton v. Pems, Tool & Mach., Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided October 3, 2025
2025 NY Slip Op 05353
Cotton v. Pems, Tool & Mach., Inc.

Opinion

Cotton v Pems, Tool & Mach., Inc. (2025 NY Slip Op 05353)

Cotton v Pems, Tool & Mach., Inc.
2025 NY Slip Op 05353
Decided on October 3, 2025
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.


Decided on October 3, 2025 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., CURRAN, SMITH, OGDEN, AND HANNAH, JJ.

630 CA 24-00894

[*1]ERIN COTTON, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MATTHEW A. COTTON, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,

v

PEMS, TOOL & MACHINE, INC., ALEXANDER M. STONE, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.




MITCHELL DRANOW, SEA CLIFF, FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT.

ONDROVIC & PLATEK, PLLC, WHITE PLAINS (JEREMY D. PLATEK OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.



Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Herkimer County (Julie G. Denton, J.), entered June 6, 2024. The order, among other things, granted the motion of defendants PEMS, Tool & Machine, Inc., and Alexander M. Stone for summary judgment dismissing the complaint against them.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs for reasons stated in the decision at Supreme Court.

Entered: October 3, 2025

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court



Opinion

Cotton v Pems, Tool & Mach., Inc. (2025 NY Slip Op 05353)

Cotton v Pems, Tool & Mach., Inc.
2025 NY Slip Op 05353
Decided on October 3, 2025
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.


Decided on October 3, 2025 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., CURRAN, SMITH, OGDEN, AND HANNAH, JJ.

630 CA 24-00894

[*1]ERIN COTTON, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MATTHEW A. COTTON, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,

v

PEMS, TOOL & MACHINE, INC., ALEXANDER M. STONE, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.




MITCHELL DRANOW, SEA CLIFF, FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT.

ONDROVIC & PLATEK, PLLC, WHITE PLAINS (JEREMY D. PLATEK OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.



Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Herkimer County (Julie G. Denton, J.), entered June 6, 2024. The order, among other things, granted the motion of defendants PEMS, Tool & Machine, Inc., and Alexander M. Stone for summary judgment dismissing the complaint against them.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs for reasons stated in the decision at Supreme Court.

Entered: October 3, 2025

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court



Opinion

Cotton v Pems, Tool & Mach., Inc. (2025 NY Slip Op 05353)

Cotton v Pems, Tool & Mach., Inc.
2025 NY Slip Op 05353
Decided on October 3, 2025
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.


Decided on October 3, 2025 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., CURRAN, SMITH, OGDEN, AND HANNAH, JJ.

630 CA 24-00894

[*1]ERIN COTTON, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MATTHEW A. COTTON, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,

v

PEMS, TOOL & MACHINE, INC., ALEXANDER M. STONE, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.




MITCHELL DRANOW, SEA CLIFF, FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT.

ONDROVIC & PLATEK, PLLC, WHITE PLAINS (JEREMY D. PLATEK OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.



Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Herkimer County (Julie G. Denton, J.), entered June 6, 2024. The order, among other things, granted the motion of defendants PEMS, Tool & Machine, Inc., and Alexander M. Stone for summary judgment dismissing the complaint against them.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs for reasons stated in the decision at Supreme Court.

Entered: October 3, 2025

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court



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