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CONTINUOUS REPRESENTATION DOCTRINE APPLIED TO AN ENGINEERING FIRM HIRED TO OVERSEE AN HVAC INSTALLATION PROJECT; THE THREE-YEAR NEGLIGENCE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS WAS TOLLED BY THE CONTINUOUS REPRESENTATION DOCTRINE AND THE ACTION WAS TIMELY (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department determined the negligence action against Skyline, an engineering firm hired to inspect an on-going HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) installation, was not time-barred because the continuous representation doctrine applied to toll the accrual of the limitations period:

Plaintiff commenced this action in 2016 alleging that it retained Skyline, an engineering firm, to perform “special inspection” services for “Phase I” of an HVAC installation project, and that Skyline negligently performed those services and breached the contract. In support of its motion for summary judgment, Skyline demonstrated prima facie that it completed Phase I work under the contract in 2012 and that it was serving in a professional capacity as an engineering firm when it performed those services, so that the three-year limitations period applied (CPLR 214[6] … ). …

… [P]plaintiff demonstrated that the action is not time-barred because the continuous representation doctrine is applicable and tolled the accrual of the limitations period until 2014 … . Plaintiff submitted evidence showing Skyline provided special and progress inspection and testing services for “Remediation of Phase I” of the project, pursuant to a 2014 agreement. Although this work was completed under a separate agreement, Skyline rendered these services to correct the engineering and construction defects that it failed to identify during its Phase 1 inspection in 2012. Since Skyline continued to provide services in connection with Phase I in 2014, the action commenced in 2016 is timely under CPLR 214(6) … . Mutual Redevelopment Houses, Inc. v Skyline Eng’g, L.L.C, 2019 NY Slip Op 09112, First Dept 12-19-19

 

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