Legal Opinion
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority v. Patterson-Stevens, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 14, 1997No. Appeal No. 2PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: In this appeal, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) is the plaintiff in action No. 1 and the defendant in action No. 2; Patterson-Stevens, Inc. (Patterson), is a defendant in action No. 1 and the plaintiff in action No. 2.
Supreme Court erred in granting that part of NFTA’s cross motion to dismiss Patterson’s first and sixth causes of action in their entirety. It is well settled that, where the language of a release is clear and unambiguous, "effect will be…
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