Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital v. Cannon Design, Inc.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Dowd, J.), entered April 28, 2014 in Otsego County, upon a decision of the court in favor of plaintiff.

Plaintiff operates a hospital in Otsego County. Defendant is an architectural and design firm providing, among other things, structural design services. In 2002, the parties entered into a contract for architectural services including, as relevant here, a seismic retrofit of one of plaintiffs hospital buildings.1 Defendant, with input and approval from plaintiff, designed the retrofit using four steel plate shear walls to be installed during phase…