Hammond Lane Mechanicals, Inc. v. Village of Potsdam

— Mahoney, P. J.

Cross appeals from an order of the Supreme Court (Duskas, J.), entered April 16, 1990 in St. Lawrence County, which partially granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and denied defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

On July 27, 1981 plaintiff and defendant entered into a contract whereby plaintiff agreed to perform certain work at a project known as the Potsdam Water Treatment Plant. The relevant "general conditions” of the contract provided that any claims or disputes between the parties be referred initially to third-party defendant…