Opinion
16398 105989/11.
12-15-2015
MINELLI CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., Plaintiff–Appellant, v. WDF INC., et al., Defendants–Respondents, New York City Transit Authority, Defendant.
Law Offices of Melvin J. Kalish, PLLC, Mineola (Melvin J. Kalish of counsel), for appellant. Rich, Intelisano & Katz, LLP, New York (Daniel E. Katz of counsel), for respondents.
Law Offices of Melvin J. Kalish, PLLC, Mineola (Melvin J. Kalish of counsel), for appellant.
Rich, Intelisano & Katz, LLP, New York (Daniel E. Katz of counsel), for respondents.
Opinion
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (O. Peter Sherwood, J.), entered on or about February 18, 2015, which granted defendant WDF's motion for partial summary judgment dismissing that portion of the complaint's first cause of action seeking recovery of lost profits, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The termination for convenience clause set forth in Article 28 of the parties' subcontract is enforceable, without regard to WDF's good faith, or lack thereof, in invoking it (see Watermelons Plus, Inc. v. New York City Dept. of Educ., 76 A.D.3d 973, 974, 908 N.Y.S.2d 80 2d Dept.2010; Triton Partners v. Prudential Sec., 301 A.D.2d 411, 411, 752 N.Y.S.2d 870 1st Dept.2003; Big Apple Car v. City of New York, 204 A.D.2d 109, 111, 611 N.Y.S.2d 533 1st Dept.1994 ).
The “automatic conversion” language set forth in Articles 26 and 28, providing for conversion of otherwise invalid default terminations into terminations for convenience, is clear on its face and also enforceable (see Greenfield v. Philles Records, 98 N.Y.2d 562, 569, 750 N.Y.S.2d 565, 780 N.E.2d 166 2002; see also Crewzers Fire Crew Transp., Inc. v. United States, 111 Fed.Cl. 148, 156 2013 [construing substantially identical automatic conversion provision], affd. 741 F.3d 1380 [Fed.Cir.2014] ).
We have considered plaintiff's remaining contentions and find them unavailing.
TOM, J.P., SWEENY, RENWICK, MANZANET–DANIELS, JJ., concur.