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N.Y. General Obligations Law § 5-324: Agreements by owners, contractors, subcontractors or suppliers to indemnify architects, engineers and surveyors from liability caused by ...

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  1. General Obligations Law
  2. Article 5. Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations
  3. Title 3. Certain Prohibited Contracts and Provisions of Contracts

§ 5-324. Agreements by owners, contractors, subcontractors or

suppliers to indemnify architects, engineers and surveyors from

liability caused by or arising out of defects in maps, plans, designs

and specifications void and unenforceable. Every covenant, agreement or

understanding in, or in connection with any contract or agreement made

and entered into by owners, contractors, subcontractors or suppliers

whereby an architect, engineer, surveyor or their agents, servants or

employees are indemnified for damages arising from liability for bodily

injury to persons or damage to property caused by or arising out of

defects in maps, plans, designs or specifications, prepared, acquired or

used by such architect, engineer, surveyor or their agents, servants or

employees shall be deemed void as against public policy and wholly

uneforceable.

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