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ADDITIONAL CASES KSK Construction Group, Third-Party Plaintiff v. Copper Services LLC and United Crane and Rigging Services, Inc., Third-Party Defendants; Third-Party 595783/2019 Soho Broome Condos, LLC., Second Third-Party Plaintiff v. Copper Services LLC and United Crane and Rigging Services, Inc., Second Third-Party Defendants; Second Third-Party 595273/2021 The following e-filed documents, listed by NYSCEF document number (Motion 002) 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 81, 83, 84, 85, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 123, 124, 125, 126, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151 were read on this motion to/for SUMMARY JUDGMENT. The following e-filed documents, listed by NYSCEF document number (Motion 003) 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 112, 113, 130, 133, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223 were read on this motion to/for SUMMARY JUDGMENT. DECISION + ORDER ON MOTION In this labor law action, plaintiff David Pereira sues for injuries he sustained at a worksite on April 13, 2019, when a counterweight being hoisted by a crane fell towards him, crushing his co-worker to death and forcing him to jump in order to avoid being crushed as well. Plaintiff now moves for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability on his Labor Law §240(1) claim against defendants KSK Construction Group (“KSK Construction”) and Soho Broome Condos LLC (“Soho Broome”). KSK Construction cross-moves for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s claim under Labor Law §200 (Mot. Seq. 002). KSK Construction moves for summary judgment on its contractual indemnity claim against third-party defendant United Crane and Rigging Services Inc. (“United Crane”). Soho Broome also cross-moves for summary judgment on its claims for full contractual indemnity and additional insured coverage against United Crane (Mot. Seq. 003). Motion Sequence Nos. 002 and 003 are consolidated for disposition. For the reasons set forth below, plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment is granted; KSK Construction’s cross-motion for summary judgment on the Labor Law §200 claim is denied; and the cross-motions for summary judgment on the contractual indemnification claims are granted. Plaintiff was employed as a crane rigger for non-party Cranes Express, Inc. (“Cranes Express”) beginning in August 2017 (NYSCEF Doc. No. 61 at 19, Pereira dep). On April 13, 2019, Cranes Express was erecting a crane to assist in the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) installation at 570 Broome Street, a condominium being erected by defendant building owner Agime Group LLC, and Soho Broome (“Soho Broome”) in New York, New York. KSK Construction was the general contractor for this project (NYSCEF Doc. No. 9 8, amended complaint). Third-party defendant Copper Services, LLC (“Copper Services”) was hired by KSK Construction to perform certain HVAC work at the project. The HVAC work that Copper Services was hired to do required the use of a crawler crane to lift certain of the HVAC equipment onto the roof of the subject premises. Copper Services hired United Crane to provide the crawler crane to lift its HVAC equipment. United Crane, in turn, hired Cranes Express (plaintiff’s employer) to erect and operate the crane that was involved in the accident on April 13, 2019 [id.,

 
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