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CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. HUNTS POINT TERMINAL PRODUCE COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, INC., Respondent.

Plaintiff has no claim for common-law indemnification because its liability in the underlying settled personal injury action, if any, would not have been vicarious but would have been premised upon its own acts or omissions ( see Guzman v. Haven Plaza Hous. Dev. Fund Co., 69 NY2d 559, 569; Williams v. New York City Tr. Auth., 9 AD3d 308). The evidence establishes that plaintiff inspected the area where the subject accident occurred, and had the right to enter upon defendant's property at any time for the purpose of inspecting, repairing or operating over the sidetrack. This being the case, plaintiff's recourse, if any, against defendant, its codefendant in the underlying action, would not have been for common-law indemnification, but rather for contribution. The settlements obtained by the parties in the underlying action, however, preclude plaintiff's assertion of such a claim against defendant ( see General Obligations Law § 15-108).

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CONSOLIDATED RAIL v. HUNTS POINT TERMINAL PRD
(Oct 19, 2004)