Stabile v. Viener, 291 A.D.2d 395 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002). · Go Syfert
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cited Cited as authority (rule) Tanksley v. LCO Bldg. LLC
N.Y. App. Div. · 2021 · confidence medium
Co. , 21 AD3d 1419, 1421-1422 [4th Dept 2005]; Elescano v Eighth-19th Co., LLC , 13 AD3d 80, 81 [1st Dept 2004]; Stabile v Viener , 291 AD2d 395, 396 [2d Dept 2002], lv dismissed 98 NY2d 727 [2002]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Cacanoski v. 35 Cedar Place Associates, LLC (2×)
N.Y. App. Div. · 2017 · confidence medium
The Workers’ Compensation Law does not bar indemnification or contribution pursuant to a written agreement that was entered into after the employee’s injury and which the parties agree will have retroactive effect (see Stabile v Viener, 291 AD2d 395, 396 [2002]). “[indemnity contracts are to be strictly construed to avoid reading into them duties which the parties did not intend to be assumed” *813 (Mikulski v Adam R.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Maxwell v. Rockland County Community College
N.Y. App. Div. · 2010 · confidence medium
Instead, it relies upon the case of Stabile v Viener ( 291 AD2d 395, 395-396 [2002]), in which this Court held that a construction contract containing an indemnification clause was enforceable even though the contract was executed after the accident because the parties intended that it apply “as of’ a date prior to the injury.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Cinquemani v. Old Slip Associates, LP
N.Y. App. Div. · 2010 · confidence medium
Although the subcontract job order was not signed until after the alleged injury occurred, Turner’s evidentiary submissions demonstrated prima facie that it was intended to apply retroactively, and thus was in effect on the date of the subject incident (see Podhaskie v Seventh Chelsea Assoc., 3 AD3d 361, 362 [2004]; Pena v Chateau Woodmere Corp., 304 AD2d 442, 443-444 [2003]; Stabile v Viener, 291 AD2d 395, 396 [2002]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) LaFleur v. MLB Industries, Inc.
N.Y. App. Div. · 2008 · confidence medium
Thus, an indemnification agreement executed after the accident occurred will not be applied retroactively in the absence of evidence that the agreement was made as of a date prior to the occurrence of the accident and that the parties intended the contract to apply as of that date (see Podhaskie v Seventh Chelsea Assoc., 3 AD3d 361, 362 [2004]; Pena v Chateau Woodmere Corp., 304 AD2d 442, 443-444 [2003]; Stabile v Viener, 291 AD2d 395, 396 [2002], lv dismissed 98 NY2d 727 [2002]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Curreri v. Heritage Property Investment Trust, Inc.
N.Y. App. Div. · 2008 · confidence medium
Although at the time of the plaintiffs injury the original contract dated May 1, 2000 between Heritage and Servus had expired, their execution of an amendment on November 3, 2003, agreeing to extend the duration of that contract from December 31, 2002 through December 31, 2003, evidenced their intent that it be given retroactive effect (see Quality King Distribs., Inc. v E & M ESR, Inc., 36 AD3d 780 [2007]; Stabile v Viener, 291 AD2d 395, 396 [2002]).
cited Cited as authority (rule) McGovern v. Gleason Builders, Inc.
N.Y. App. Div. · 2007 · confidence medium
Co., Inc., 21 AD3d 1419, 1421-1422 [2005]; Podhaskie v Seventh Chelsea Assoc., 3 AD3d 361, 362-363 [2004]; Stabile v Viener, 291 AD2d 395, 396 [2002], lv dismissed 98 NY2d 727 [2002]).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Travelers Insurance v. Utica Mutual Insurance
N.Y. App. Div. · 2006 · signal: cf. · confidence medium
Co., 251 AD2d 478, 479 [1998]; cf. Stabile v Viener, 291 AD2d 395, 396 [2002]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Elescano v. Eighth-19th Co.
N.Y. App. Div. · 2004 · confidence medium
Workers’ Compensation Law § 11 has been held to provide that “[a] term in a contract executed after a plaintiffs accident may be applied retroactively where evidence establishes as a matter of law that the agreement pertaining to the contractor’s work ‘was made “as of’ [a preaccident date], and that the parties intended that it apply as of that date’ ” (Pena v Chateau Woodmere Corp., 304 AD2d 442, 443 [2003], appeal dismissed 2 AD3d 1488 [2003], quoting Stabile v Viener, 291 AD2d 395, 396 [2002], lv dismissed 98 NY2d 727 [2002]).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Colello v. Colello
N.Y. App. Div. · 2004 · confidence medium
Corp., 4 AD3d 799 [2004]; Stabile v Viener, 291 AD2d 395, 396 [2002], lv dismissed 98 NY2d 727 [2002]; Matter of Local Union 1567, Intl.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Manns v. Norstar Building Corp.
N.Y. App. Div. · 2004 · confidence medium
Thus, contrary to the contention of third-party defendant, Workers’ Compensation Law § 11 does not prohibit enforcement of the contract’s indemnification provision (see Stabile v Viener, 291 AD2d 395, 396 [2002], lv dismissed 98 NY2d 727 [2002]; see also Pena v Chateau Woodmere Corp., 304 AD2d 442, 443-444 [2003]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Podhaskie v. Seventh Chelsea Associates
N.Y. App. Div. · 2004 · confidence medium
Although Workers’ Compensation Law § 11 refers to an indemnification clause in a written contract “entered into prior to the accident or occurrence,” case law supports appellants’ contention that such a clause in a contract executed after a plaintiffs accident may nevertheless be applied retroactively where evidence establishes as a matter of law that the agreement pertaining to the contractor’s work “was made ‘as of’ [a pre-accident date], and that the parties intended that it apply as of that date” (Stabile v Viener, 291 AD2d 395, 396 [2002], lv dismissed 98 NY2d 727 [2002…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Pena v. Chateau Woodmere Corp.
N.Y. App. Div. · 2003 · confidence medium
A term in a contract executed after a plaintiffs accident may be applied retroactively where evidence establishes as a matter of law that the agreement pertaining to the contractor’s work “was made ‘as of [a pre-accident date], and that the parties intended that it apply as of that date” (Stabile v Viener, 291 AD2d 395, 396 [2002], lv dismissed 98 NY2d 727 [2002]; cf. Burke v Fisher Sixth Ave.
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Antonio Stabile
v.
John Viener, and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents. Barr & Barr, Inc., Third-Party
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
Feb 4, 2002.
291 A.D.2d 395
Cited by 21 opinions  |  Published

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the third-party defendant Barr & Barr, Inc., appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Mason, J.), dated October 18, 2000, as granted that branch of the motion of the defendants third-party plaintiffs which was for conditional summary judgment on the issue of contractual indemnification, and denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the third-party complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

On October 6, 1995, the plaintiff was injured while performing work in connection with the renovation of commercial offices leased by the defendant John Viener, a general partner of Christy & Viener. After the accident, the plaintiff commenced this personal injury action against Viener and several other parties, alleging violations of Labor Law §§ 200, 240, and 241. The defendant Viener, individually and as a general partner of Christy & Viener, then commenced a third-party action against the plaintiff’s employer, Barr & Barr, Inc., seeking, inter alia, contractual indemnification pursuant to a written agreement made as of August 1, 1995, but not formally executed until on or after May 10, 1996.

[*396] Barr & Barr, Inc., contends that the Supreme Court erred in awarding Viener conditional summary judgment on his claim for contractual indemnification because the written agreement containing the indemnification requirement was not executed until after the plaintiffs accident. We disagree. In support of his motion for conditional summary judgment on the issue of contractual indemnification, Viener submitted evidence which established, as a matter of law, that the agreement pertaining to the renovation project was made “as of’ August 1, 1995, and that the parties intended that it apply as of that date (see, Penske Truck Leasing Co. v Home Ins. Co., 251 AD2d 478; Sweeting v Board of Coop. Educ. Servs., 83 AD2d 103, 111-112; see also, Quinn v Fisher Dev., 272 AD2d 106). In opposition to the motion for summary judgment, Barr & Barr, Inc., failed to come forward with evidence sufficient to raise a triable issue of fact as to the parties’ intent that the agreement have retroactive effect. Furthermore, the third-party complaint is not barred by the 1996 amendment to Workers’ Compensation Law § 11, which eliminates, except in cases of “grave injury,” an employer’s liability “for contribution or indemnity to any third person based upon liability for injuries sustained by an employee acting within the scope of his or her employment” (Soto v Alert No. 1 Alarm Sys., 272 AD2d 466, 468). The amendment of Workers’ Compensation Law § 11 “did not affect the power of a third party to recover under express contractual obligations between the employer and the third party” (Majewski v Broadalbin-Perth Cent. School Dist., 91 NY2d 577, 582; see, Soto v Alert No. 1 Alarm Sys., supra). Accordingly, Workers’ Compensation Law § 11 does not prohibit Viener from enforcing the indemnification provision of the written agreement, which the parties agreed to make retroactive to a date prior to the plaintiffs accident (cf., Beckford v City of New York, 261 AD2d 158). Krausman, J.P., Luciano, Adams and Townes, JJ., concur.