Delaney v. Spiegel Associates
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*1103An owner or general contractor who is held strictly liable under Labor Law § 240 (1) is entitled to full common-law indemnification from the party actually responsible for the incident giving rise to plaintiffs injuries (see, Chapel v Mitchell, 84 NY2d 345, 347; Kelly v Diesel Constr. Div., 35 NY2d 1, 4-7), i.e., "from the party that actually supervised, directed or controlled the work giving rise to the injury” (Nappo v Menorah Campus, 216 AD2d 876, 877). The record establishes that, although plaintiff was supervised by a fellow Rise employee, a McLo representative also supervised the steel…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Brown v. Two Exchange Plaza PartnersNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- Kelly v. Diesel Construction Division of Carl A. Morse, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Kinney v. G. W. Lisk Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1990
- Chapel v. MitchellNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
- Benincasa v. GarrubboAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
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