MATTER OF EAST 51ST STREET CRANE COLLAPSE LITGATION

Nos. 7256, 7257, 150063/10.

94 A.D.3d 420 (2012)

941 N.Y.S.2d 563

2012 NY Slip Op 2433

In the Matter of EAST 51ST STREET CRANE COLLAPSE LITIGATION. EAST 51ST STREET DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC, et al., Respondents-Appellants, v. LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent-Appellant, AXIS SURPLUS INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Appellants-Respondents, et al., Defendant.

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

Decided April 3, 2012.


On March 15, 2008, a crane collapsed at a construction site on East 51st Street in Manhattan, causing the deaths of six construction workers and a pedestrian, injury to several other individuals, and extensive damage to property. Multiple claims for bodily injury and property damage were brought against plaintiff East 51st Street, the owner of the property on which the accident occurred, Reliance Construction Ltd., the construction manager on the project, and Joy Contractors...

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