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BD. OF EDUC. v. SARGENT

71 N.Y.2d 21 (1987)

Board of Education of the Hudson City School District, Plaintiff, v. Sargent, Webster, Crenshaw & Folley, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant. Thompson Construction Corporation, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent, et al., Third-Party Defendants. (And a Fourth-Party Action.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 17, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred J. Hutchison and Kenneth G. Varley for defendant and third-party plaintiff-appellant.

George F. Carpinello for third-party defendant-respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.

ALEXANDER, J.

Under New York State's contribution statute, "two or more persons who are subject to liability for damages for the same personal injury, injury to property or wrongful death, may claim contribution among them whether or not an action has been brought or a judgment has been rendered against the person from whom contribution is sought" (CPLR 1401). The issue...

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