Order unanimously reversed on the law with costs, motion denied and third-party complaint reinstated.
Memorandum:
Supreme Court erred in granting third-party defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the third-party complaint. The 1996 amendment to Workers' Compensation Law § 11 (see, L 1996, ch 635, § 2) does not apply retroactively to bar the third-party action (see, Regensdorfer v Central Buffalo Project Corp.,
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