John W. Cowper Co. v. Buffalo Hotel Development Venture

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The judgment appealed from and the order of the Appellate Division brought up for review should be affirmed, with costs.

This case involves a dispute between plaintiff general contractor and defendants, the owners of the Buffalo Hilton Hotel, with respect to the responsibility for construction de*892fects in the hotel. Defendants contend that the trial court erred in charging the jury that the architect and his structural engineer were subject to certain inspection requirements contained in the Buffalo Building Code and in reading those provisions to the jury during…