Opinion
July 8, 1985
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Cholakis, J.).
Order affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Plaintiff, a subcontractor, obtained a default judgment against his contractor for a balance due for the installation of floor coverings in a State-owned facility. Plaintiff now seeks to recover the unsatisfied judgment from defendant as surety pursuant to a payment bond executed by defendant and the contractor. The payment bond provided that it was enforceable pursuant to State Finance Law § 137 (4) (b) which states that "[n]o action on a payment bond furnished pursuant to this section shall be commenced after the expiration of one year from the date on which final payment under the claimant's subcontract became due". Since the determinative date on which final payment from the contractor became due to plaintiff cannot be determined from the record, a factual dispute exists which justified Special Term's denial of defendant's motion. The question of whether this action was untimely commenced must therefore await determination after trial. Lazer, J.P., Gibbons, Weinstein and Lawrence, JJ., concur.