Kapcio v Pipeline Constr. Corp.

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Kapcio v Pipeline Constr. Corp. 2011 NY Slip Op 32605(U) October 5, 2011 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: 106313/2009 Judge: Jane S. Solomon Republished from New York State Unified Court System's E-Courts Service. Search E-Courts (http://www.nycourts.gov/ecourts) for any additional information on this case. This opinion is uncorrected and not selected for official publication. [* 1] I I SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - NEW YORK COUNTY PRESENT: PART . I rre+Lo II 5. * Index Number : 10631312009 INDEX NO. KAPCIO, ROSEANNE 71 MOTION DATE vs. PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION CORP ! SEQUENCE NUMBER : 003 MOTtON SEQ. NO. MOTION CAL. NO. - SUMMARYA JUDGMENT thh motion to/for Notice of Motion/ Order to Show Csums .. E 0 Answering Affidavit8 v) Cross-Motion: - Exhlblts Replying Affldsvhs 3 - Affldavitr - Exhfbtta ... pc Yes No Upon the foregoing papers, it Is ordered that thlr motion FILED :heck one: 0 FINAL DISPQSITJON u fi a Check if appropriate: DO NOT POST REFERENCE SUBMIT ORDER/ JUDG. 0 SETTLE ORDER/ JUDG. n \ [* 2] P:La:~ntifl, -aqa.ins 1.- OCT 06 2011 NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE SOLOMON, J . : + - r i p p e d a n d C e l l on a sidcwalk on S e c o n d ,'\venue lin M a n h a t t a n . She commenced J awsui trs L h t ~ were conso I i d a t e d t Consolidatud F:dison O F New Y o r k , 'Lnc. I n t h e above index Principally at issue here is t h e s t a t i u s of a c r o s s - c l a i m by d e f e n d a n t V e r i z v r i N e w Y o r k , t h a t her c l a i m h a s b e a n s e i , t l e d b y the h a s i.nEormed t h e COIJIL non-muvi.ng d c f c n d a n t s , and s h e no l o n g e r h a s ariy role i n this i2wssi L . Veri.zo:i moved ¬ o r s u m m a r y j u d g m e n t d i s m : i s s i . n g t h e cornp1air.t 2 s a g a . i n s t c 1 a! ~ r ? aya I.:-, and for summary -judgment:on iLs cross- i ris t. P iipe 1 L r i e sounding i ri common -aw a n d cvntraccual indctnnific:al;j.on. Verizon a l s o seeks to v a c a t e Kapcio'5 note of [* 3] i.ssuc, a n d 1.0 c:ompa.I. Pipe.1. i ne to a p p c a r - L o r a c f e p o s i t : i o n . f i . p ~ : i : e r r i o v c s s e p a r a t e 1 y For :;urrLmary judclmcnl. di.smLssi.r.q thc? i: cmpLi.,.irit tir!d a l l cross-cla-i.rns a q a i n s t it. T3ot:h m o t i o n s for summary j u d y m e f i t dismissing the zomy,,y.a.i.nt, a r c g r a n t e d w . i t h u u t opposition. s c ; ( ? k i n g :c .: PYC? VDC~::~: Thai. park of V e r i z o n s [.tie n o t - c :f :issue 5.s d e n i e d a s moot because, , t h o u q h Knpc.io s e r v e d a no1.e of i.ssiie on V e r i z o n , a p p n r e r i t 1 . y n e v e ~ l-ilecl . i . t , arid i . k W A S r!ot she s e r v e d on P i p c . l . i n e . Jet-. z o n hi15 !:cur ~ r o s s - c l a i iims aq.ij: nst: i .i.pUl i x e : con:.r.; SLAY,. ! c i r i , (:oii!tnori indcxniflc:;iti.on, 1iiw 1.ndc:rnn-i . I . i . c : a t ion, cont:racLua.y and b r e a c h of contz act a r . i s i n g fr-om an zliegcd !,.z! I,u-ce L o procure .1nsuranc:c n a m i n g V c r i z o r i as a n additional insureu O:I t h e p o l i c y ( s e e Ver-izon Ct-oss Claims Against I- ipeli.nc, A f f . Of NaLthew S . M a t e r a , E s q . , Fxh. C ) . V w i z o n hi .red Pipelins pursuant t.o a n as o r d e r e d conI..~ac:I. s p s n n i n g li:i.vo y c a rs ( C o n t ra(;L , Mal,ern AES. , Exh - G ), m e a n i n g tnzt V c r l z o n w o u l d send P i p e l i . n e work o r d e r s to p e r f o r m spc~:i:Lc [ : a s k s d u r i r i q Lhu t e r m 01 t h e i r a g r e e m e n t , a n d t h e Cor:Lra(:~. S::L !.orL.t! Lhe c:onri i.t,ions oI: t . h c i r e n y a g e r n c n t . Paragraph 2 2 1 of Lhc Contract: p r o v i d e s t h a L Pipeline a g r e e s to indeXnnJ. Py Vc2rizon for l o s s e s , damages ( i n c l u d i n g r e a s o n a b l e attorney s ic-:es), iicfb-i.liLi.es or cl.a.ims t h a t may be a . r e s u l t of Pipeline s zck2sa> o r a.i../cgcd a c t s or o m i s s i o n s . P i p e l i n e a . l s o warranLied i t s work to be free 0.L defeCLs 1o.r f i v e y e a r s a l t e r : its [* 4] 42.3). Contract: states , L h a t P.i.pelsne 1 i a b i l it;y jnsurancc, piiragrrip5. 7 4 . 3 , 2r.d u n d e r PJ.pcli.ne is rcquir-ed to h a v e V e r i t o n named a s an addition3 1 insured on the p o l i c y . Kapc.i.0 a l l e g e s that s h e tripped and f e l l whilG crossirIg the sidch!:al.k on h c r w a y to a stL0i-e to buy a l o t t e r y LizksL - S h e fe.11. approximat.c?!.y r e s t-.au.rant knvwn as "Nomad", di S::GVCJ:\I, f i v e feel: ¬ram the entl:a_rlce t o a l o c a t e d at 7E Second A v e n u e , iri i 1. h a s Ic-!;~c:~c:d !.ha\., cme yc>3r k e f o r c ? the a c c i o e n t , P i p e ! i n c h z d pcr.-Lormccl work [,orVcriLon t h a t i n v o . t v e d d i g g i n g tlp arid r e p 1 . a c i n g four s i d e w a l k f l a g s , and installing a "fishplate" LKior: which a Vcri.i..on p h o n c b0ol.h w a s i n s t a l l e d . T h i s w o r k was done a p p r o x l m a t e . l y fi.PI:y ¬ c e t from t h e spo: where Kapcio ¬4.1. I L is c l e a r t h a t she was not caused to f a l l by this work, so rc:i.-Lhpr Veri.zor! a o r P . i p a l .Lac c a n be s x ~ e e z s o n , V o r . i zcri is n o t r I. lab1 e cnL ~ : i i c : d LO K n p c i o . Yor t h c Lo c o r i t r i b u t i o n or carrrLon l a w inciernni F i c a . t i o n f coni P - i . p e l i n e , because P i p e l i n e ' s c o n d u c t was ;r- :IO w a y -c:spons3ble ixt:e:it..LaL -1 Lab: Li.I.y Tar Kapc:io's i n - j u r y , or for Vcrizon's to he.^. Vecizon contends t h a t it is n o n e t h e l e s s entitled to concractual indemnification and coverage as an additional i n s u r e d OIE L1ipe.l i.nc' .s .insurance p o l l c y . a L :c:m(?y f'ccs and I:t Veri.zon wa:its t i qa t.i.ori e x p e n s o . to recover its [* 5] 4 [* 6] 5 [* 7] Enter : NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE 6

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