Maxwell Partners, L.L.C. v. Building Studio, LLP

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Barbara R. Kapnick, J.), entered April 7, 2005, which granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the action pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (5), reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion denied and the complaint reinstated.

Plaintiff Maxwell Partners, L.L.C. (Maxwell), a medical imaging center, retained an architectural firm, defendant The Building Studio, LLP (TBS) and its principal, defendant architect Michael Goldblum (Goldblum), to provide certain architectural, engineering and expediting services in connection with Maxwell’s construction and renovation of a…