Cusson v. Hillier Group, Inc.

Plaintiff, a custodian at Cornell University, sustained personal injures when he was struck by ice and snow that fell from a roof of one of Cornell’s dormitory buildings. Plaintiff commenced this personal injury action against the architect, defendant the Hillier Group, Inc., and the general contractor, defendant Welliver McGuire, Inc., which participated in the construction of the building some four years prior to plaintiff’s accident. Welliver McGuire then commenced a third-party action seeking indemnification from Charles F. Evans Company, Inc. (hereinafter Evans), the subcontractor that…