Case Name: Liberty Mutual Insurance Company et al., Respondents, v. Fordham Preparatory School, Appellant, et al., Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-09-25
Citations: 242 A.D.2d 490
Docket Number: 
Parties: Liberty Mutual Insurance Company et al., Respondents, v Fordham Preparatory School, Appellant, et al., Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 242
Pages: 490–491

Head Matter:
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company et al., Respondents, v Fordham Preparatory School, Appellant, et al., Defendants.
[663 NYS2d 820]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bertram Katz, J.), entered June 5, 1996, which, in a declaratory judgment action involving plaintiff insurer's and plaintiff contractor's obligation to defend or indemnify defendant-appellant owner in an action against the owner brought by the contractor's employee for injuries sustained in a fall on the owner's property, denied the owner's motion for summary judgment, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
We agree with the IAS Court's explicit finding that an issue of fact exists as to whether the injured employee was engaged in a work-related activity at the time he slipped and fell or just walking on an allegedly hazardous parking lot surface at or near the construction site, and with its implicit finding of law that such issue is material. Liberty has conceded its obligation to defend throughout the litigation. Concur—Rosenberger, J. P., Ellerin, Williams, Tom and Colabella, JJ.