Case Name: X.L.O. Concrete Corp., Plaintiff, v. John T. Brady and Company et al., Respondents; John T. Brady and Company, Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v. New York University, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant, et al., Third-Party Defendant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1985-12-17
Citations: 66 N.Y.2d 970
Docket Number: 
Parties: X.L.O. Concrete Corp., Plaintiff, v John T. Brady and Company et al., Respondents. John T. Brady and Company, Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v New York University, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant, et al., Third-Party Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 66
Pages: 970–973

Head Matter:
X.L.O. Concrete Corp., Plaintiff, v John T. Brady and Company et al., Respondents. John T. Brady and Company, Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v New York University, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant, et al., Third-Party Defendant.
Argued November 18, 1985;
decided December 17, 1985
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Robert P. Walton, S. Andrew Schaffer and Moira Morrissey for appellant.
Frederick Cohen and Charles Fastenberg for respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs, and question certified answered in the affirmative for so much of the reasons stated in the opinion by Justice Joseph P. Sullivan at the Appellate Division (104 AD2d 181) as holds that a liquidated damage provision in a construction contract is not vitiated by the owner's own culpability in causing some of the delay, and that in the situation here present the owner is limited to recovery of the stipulated sum.
Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Jasen, Meyer, Simons and Titone. Taking no part: Judges Kaye and Alexander.