Legal Opinion
Dart Mechanical Corp. v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 7, 2014No. 13133 651023/12PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Shirley Werner Kornreich, J), entered August 21, 2013, which granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint as untimely, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The motion court correctly applied the limitations period in the parties’ construction contract to bar plaintiff’s claim for delay damages. The six-month period was not unreasonably short (see CAB Assoc. v City of New York, 32 AD3d 229, 232 [1st Dept 2006]; Top Quality Wood Work Corp. v City of New York, 191 AD2d 264, 264 [1st Dept 1993]).
The period began to run from the date of issuance of the…
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- Top Quality Wood Work Corp. v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- CAB Associates v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- Antonini v. PetitoNew York Court of Appeals · 2013
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