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Borden, Norcott, Katz, Palmer and Vertefeuille, Js. Argued September 21--officially released October 17, 2000 Counsel

Michael T. Bologna, for the appellant (third party defendant Samuel Heyman). Paul J. Pacifico, for the appellee (plaintiff).
Opinion

PER CURIAM. In this negligence action brought by the plaintiff, Nicholas Tarzia, against the defendant, Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, doing business as Waldbaum's Food Market (Waldbaum's), the plaintiff sought to recover damages for personal injuries he had sustained as a result of a slip and fall on some debris in Waldbaum's parking lot. In January, 1994, Waldbaum's impleaded its landlord, Samuel Heyman, as a third party defendant, claiming indemnification on the ground that pursuant to their lease, Heyman had the responsibility of keeping the parking lot reasonably free of debris. In March, 1994, the plaintiff filed an ``assertion of claim''

against Heyman. Although this pleading was not in the form of a complaint, it stated that it was filed ``[p]ursuant to [General Statutes

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