*1 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 718

CA 13-00858

PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, CARNI, LINDLEY, AND WHALEN, JJ. THOMAS ROCHE, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,

V ORDER J. THOMAS SPIER, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

HOGAN WILLIG, PLLC, AMHERST (STEVEN M. COHEN OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT.

GIBSON, MCASKILL & CROSBY, LLP, BUFFALO (ROBERT E. SCOTT OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Niagara County (Ralph A. Boniello, III, J.), entered February 13, 2013. The order granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

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: June 13, 2014 Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court