11 ESSEX STREET CORP. v. TOWER INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

Nos. 4287, 600176/04, 110019/04, 101984/05, 590172/06, 590479/06, 590879/06, 590972/06, 590456/09.

81 A.D.3d 516 (2011)

917 N.Y.S.2d 164

11 ESSEX STREET CORP., Plaintiff, v. TOWER INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Defendant. 11 ESSEX STREET CORP., Respondent, v. 7 ESSEX STREET, L.L.C., Respondent, DeSIMONE CONSULTING ENGINEERS et al., Appellants, and BERZAK GOLD, P.C., Respondent-Appellant, et al., Defendant. (And Other Actions.)

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided February 17, 2011.


The record shows that Jeffrey M. Brown Associates knew that the building at 7 Essex Street would not tolerate the likely settlement of its foundations and that plaintiff's building had to be underpinned, and yet the record does not permit the conclusion as a matter of law that Brown fulfilled its responsibility to monitor the excavation every day. DeSimone was responsible for performing controlled inspections of the underpinning of plaintiff's building and knew that the building...

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