Board of Educ. of Hudson City School Dist. v. Sargent, Webster, Crenshaw & Folley

In Board of Educ. of Hudson City School Dist. v. Sargent, Webster, Crenshaw & Folley, 71 NY2d 21, 28-29, 517 N.E.2d 1360, 523 N.Y.S.2d 475 [1987]), a school district sued the architect on a renovation project when a recently replaced roof began to leak. The architect then sought to implead the contractor by means of a third-party complaint seeking indemnification and contribution. In determining that the contractor's motion to dismiss had been properly granted, the Court of Appeals held that, since the school district sought only the benefit of its bargain in its suit against the architect, contribution was not available despite allegations of professional malpractice leveled against the architect by the school district in its complaint.