Cavanaugh v. 4518 Associates
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J.
This is an appeal from the grant of a postverdict motion for contractual indemnification in favor of a tortfeasor found 70% at fault for the accident causing plaintiffs injuries against another tortfeasor, a third-party defendant, found 30% at fault. The sole issue presented is whether such an award violates General Obligations Law § 5-322.1.
Plaintiff was injured in an accident on February 2, 1998 during the course of an interior renovation in a building located at 620 Sixth Avenue in New York City when the scaffold on which he was working as a taper for…
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