Chiarelli v. 128 Eighth Avenue Associates

OPINION OF THE COURT

Martin B. Stecher, J.

Third-party defendant, Gotham Construction Corporation, moves for judgment, under a written indemnification agreement, against defendant, Woodworks Construction Company.

Gotham was the construction manager of a building project in Manhattan. As agent for the owner, 128 Eighth Avenue Associates, it entered into a contract with Woodworks for the latter to perform certain carpentry work.

The contract obligated Woodworks, the carpentry company, "to the fullest extent permitted by law * * * [to] hold harmless the Owner, the Architect, the Construction…