*1 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 560

CA 10-01230

PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., CENTRA, CARNI, SCONIERS, AND GREEN, JJ. STATE OF NEW YORK, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,

V ORDER TERRY KEAR, JERRY MICHAEL KEAR, AS ADMINISTRATOR

OF THE ESTATE OF DONALD KEAR, DECEASED, SANDBURG

OIL CO., INC., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, AND GRIFFITH OIL CO., INC., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

TREVETT CRISTO SALZER & ANDOLINA P.C., ROCHESTER (AMANDA R. INSALACO OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (KATHLEEN M. ARNOLD OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT.

PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP, BUFFALO (KEVIN M. HOGAN OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT SANDBERG OIL CO., INC. Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Allegany County (Thomas P. Brown, A.J.), entered March 18, 2010. The order denied the motion of defendant Griffith Oil Co., Inc. for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and cross claims against it.

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

Entered: April 29, 2011 Patricia L. Morgan

Clerk of the Court