N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 1401: Claim for contribution

§ 1401. Claim for contribution. Except as provided in sections 15-108

and 18-201 of the general obligations law, sections eleven and

twenty-nine of the workers' compensation law, or the workers'

compensation law of any other state or the federal government, two or

more persons who are subject to liability for damages for the same

personal injury, injury to property or wrongful death, may claim

contribution among them whether or not an action has been brought or a

judgment has been rendered against the person from whom contribution is

sought.