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ELDOR CONTRACTING CORP., respondent, v. COUNTY OF NASSAU, defendant third-party plaintiff-appellant; CENTRUM CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., ET AL., third-party defendants-appellants.

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with one bill of costs payable by the appellants appearing separately and filing separate briefs.

The Supreme Court properly declined to grant summary judgment dismissing the plaintiff's second cause of action to recover delay damages incurred during the performance of the subject construction contract. The length of the delay, and the documentation submitted by the plaintiff, including an estimate of the plaintiff's delay damages prepared by the County of Nassau, raised an issue of fact as to whether the plaintiff was entitled to delay damages. In addition, an issue of fact exists as to whether a clause in the contract entitled "no damage for delay" was enforceable. The plaintiff adduced sufficient evidence from which a jury could reasonably conclude that the County waived that clause ( see Wilson English Constr. Co. v. New York Cent. R.R. Co., 240 A.D. 479, 483). In the alternative, an issue of fact exists as to whether the "no damage for delay" clause conflicted with another clause in the contract entitled "claims for damages" which set forth a procedure for filing claims for damages and was ambiguous as to its applicability to delay damages ( see Icon Motors v. Empire State Datsun, 178 A.D.2d 463). There also exists an issue of fact as to whether the delay was not contemplated by the parties, and therefore, was an exception to the "no damage for delay" clause ( see Abax Inc. v. New York City Hous. Auth., 282 A.D.2d 372, 373; Gray, Inc. v. City School Dist. of Albany, 277 A.D.2d 843; Castagna Son v. Board of Educ. of City of N.Y., 173 A.D.2d 405).

The parties' remaining contentions are without merit.

SANTUCCI, J.P., ALTMAN, S. MILLER and GOLDSTEIN, JJ., concur.

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ELDOR CONTR. CORP. v. COUNTY OF NASSAU
(Apr 26, 2004)