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Criteria for an Intended Third-Party Beneficiary of a Contract Explained

The Second Department determined the documents submitted by defendant power companies did not utterly refute plaintiff school-district’s allegation that it was an intended (not “incidental”) third-party beneficiary of a Power Supply Agreement (PSA) in which the defendants agreed not to bring any further tax certiorari proceedings to challenge property tax assessments. The school district brought the breach of contract action when the defendants started a tax certiorari proceeding. Defendants’ motion to dismiss based upon documentary evidence was properly denied. The court explained the criteria for a third-party beneficiary of a contract:

” A non-party [to a contract] may sue for breach of contract only if it is an intended, and not a mere incidental, beneficiary'” … . However, ” the identity of a third-party beneficiary need not be set forth in the contract or, for that matter, even be known as of the time of its execution'” … . “A party asserting rights as a third-party beneficiary must establish (1) the existence of a valid and binding contract between other parties, (2) that the contract was intended for [its] benefit and (3) that the benefit to [it] is sufficiently immediate, rather than incidental, to indicate the assumption by the contracting parties of a duty to compensate [it] if the benefit is lost” … . ” In determining third-party beneficiary status it is permissible for the court to look at the surrounding circumstances as well as the agreement,'” and ” the obligation to perform to the third party beneficiary need not be expressly stated in the contract'” … . Board of Educ. of Northport-E. Northport Union Free Sch. Dist. v Long Is. Power Auth., 2015 NY Slip Op 06304, 2nd Dept 7-29-15

Same issue and result in: Town of Huntington v Long Is. Power Auth., 2015 NY Slip Op 06332, 2nd Dept 7-29-15

 

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