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Upson v. Oliveira Contracting Inc.

Supreme Court of New York
Jan 6, 2022
2022 N.Y. Slip Op. 70 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2022)

Opinion

Appeal No. 14986 Index No. 31657/18ECase No. 2021-02195

01-06-2022

Shaiqueen Upson, Plaintiff, v. Oliveira Contracting Inc., Defendant- Appellant, Metro Paving LLC, Defendant-Respondent. Appeal No. 14986 No. 2021-02195

Kerley, Walsh, Matera & Cinquemani, P.C., Seaford (Lauren B. Bristol of counsel), for appellant. Bartlett LLP, Central Islip (Robert G. Vizza of counsel), for respondent.


Kerley, Walsh, Matera & Cinquemani, P.C., Seaford (Lauren B. Bristol of counsel), for appellant.

Bartlett LLP, Central Islip (Robert G. Vizza of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Kern, J.P., Mazzarelli, Gesmer, González, Higgitt, JJ.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alison Y. Tuitt, J.), entered on or about December 11, 2020, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted the motion of defendant Metro Paving LLC (Metro) for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and all cross claims as against it, and denied so much of the motion of defendant Oliveira Contracting, Inc. (Oliveira) for summary judgment on its contractual indemnification cross claim against Metro, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The records of and witness affidavits from officers and employees of both Metro and Oliveira establish that Metro did not perform any work at the accident site until five days after plaintiff fell. Thus, summary judgment was properly granted to it (see Mironov v Memorial Hosp. for Cancer & Allied Diseases, 192 A.D.3d 514 [1st Dept 2021]; Young v Associated Blind Hous. Dev. Fund Corp., 172 A.D.3d 407 [1st Dept 2019]; Amini v Arena Constr. Co., Inc., 110 A.D.3d 414 [1st Dept 2013]). Moreover, since plaintiff's accident did not arise out of Metro's work, the indemnity provision in its contract with Oliveira was not triggered, warranting dismissal of that claim as well (see Morera v New York City Transit Auth., 189 A.D.3d 630 [1st Dept 2020]; Cohen v Rockefeller Ctr., 292 A.D.2d 151 [1st Dept 2002]).


Summaries of

Upson v. Oliveira Contracting Inc.

Supreme Court of New York
Jan 6, 2022
2022 N.Y. Slip Op. 70 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2022)
Case details for

Upson v. Oliveira Contracting Inc.

Case Details

Full title:Shaiqueen Upson, Plaintiff, v. Oliveira Contracting Inc., Defendant…

Court:Supreme Court of New York

Date published: Jan 6, 2022

Citations

2022 N.Y. Slip Op. 70 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2022)