| Rodriguez v RXR Glen Isle Partners LLC |
| 2026 NY Slip Op 01144 [246 AD3d 675] |
| February 26, 2026 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| Kenny L. Rodriguez, Respondent, v RXR Glen Isle Partners LLC et al., Respondents. Hunter Roberts Construction Group, LLC, Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v Custom Services Contracting of NY Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant/Second Third-Party Defendant-Appellant. RXR Glen Isle Partners LLC et al., Second Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents. |
O'Malley & Padovani, Elmsford (Elizabeth L. Demler of counsel), for appellant.
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, Harrison (Paul J. Wells of counsel), for respondents.
Indemnity
- Contractual Indemnification
- Conditional Summary Judgment
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard G. Latin, J.), entered August 19, 2024, which, to the extent appealed from, granted the motion of defendants RXR Glen Isle Partners LLC, RXR Garvies P1 Building H Owner LLC, RXR Garvies P1 Building I Owner LLC, RXR Garvies P1 Building B Owner LLC, and Hunter Roberts Construction Group, LLC (collectively RXR-Hunter) to the extent of granting conditional summary judgment to RXR-Hunter on its claims for contractual indemnity against third-party defendant Custom Services Contracting of NY, Inc. (CSC), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
RXR-Hunter established its prima facie entitlement to conditional summary judgment on its claims for contractual indemnity against CSC. The record establishes that plaintiff's injury occurred while he was performing work for his employer, CSC. The accident therefore arose out of CSC's work, triggering its contractual obligation to indemnify RXR-Hunter pursuant to the broad performance-of-the-work clause (see Travalja v 135 W. 52nd St. Owner LLC, 232 AD3d 503, 505 [1st Dept 2024]; McKinney v Empire State Dev. Corp., 217 AD3d 574, 575 [1st Dept 2023]; Alvarado v SC 142 W. 24 LLC, 209 AD3d 422, 423 [1st Dept 2022]). In opposition to RXR-Hunter's motion, CSC failed to raise a material issue of fact. A finding of conditional indemnity was appropriate as issues of fact remain as to possible negligence on the part of RXR-Hunter and the extent to which such negligence may have contributed to the accident (see Travalja, 232 AD3d at 505; Hernandez v Argo Corp., 95 AD3d 782 [1st Dept 2012]). Concur—Kennedy, J.P., Scarpulla, Kapnick, González, Rodriguez, JJ.