Defendant Rachel Bridge commenced this third-party action against, inter alia, Corddry, Carpenter, Deitz Zack, an engineering firm, to recover damages arising from the firm's allegedly negligent preparation of designs and drawings in connection with a demolition project which caused structural damage to a steel girder supporting an apartment building near the George Washington Bridge. Rachel Bridge is the successor in ownership of the subject premises to plaintiff Port Authority which had contractually retained Corddry as its engineer on the project.
Contrary to Rachel Bridge's contention, the IAS Court properly granted Corddry's motion for summary judgment dismissing the third-party claims asserted against it. Rachel Bridge failed to produce evidentiary proof, in admissible form, of the three elements set forth in Credit Alliance Corp. v Andersen Co. ( 65 N.Y.2d 536, 551) to establish that its relationship with Corddry sufficiently approached the functional equivalent of contractual privity required to hold a professional liable to a non-contractual third-party (see, Ossining Union Free School Dist. v Anderson LaRocca Anderson, 73 N.Y.2d 417, 424; see also, Prudential Ins. Co. v Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer Wood, 80 N.Y.2d 377, 382; Security Pac. Bus. Credit v Peat Marwick Main Co., 79 N.Y.2d 695, 704). Moreover, Rachel Bridge's cross-motion to, essentially, postpone Corddry's summary judgment motion pending completion of certain discovery was properly rejected. Rachel Bridge failed to demonstrate evidence concerning the standard of care exercised by Corddry, Corddry's relationship with Rachel Bridge, or that the cause of the girder crack was within the exclusive possession of Corddry (see, European Am. Bank v Lofrese, 182 A.D.2d 67, 74).
Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Carro, Milonas, Kupferman and Ross, JJ.