Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
"It is well settled that an owner who is only vicariously liable under the Labor Law may obtain full indemnification from the party wholly at fault * * * This common-law right of indemnification against the party actually at fault encompasses the right to recover attorneys' fees, costs, and disbursements incurred in connection with defending the suit brought by the injured party" (Chapel v Mitchell,
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