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`SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
`COUNTY OF BRONX
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`EDWIN ESTEBAN GUAMAN MENDIETA,
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`Index No.: 816481/2023E
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`RK CONTRACTING, INC.
`ANSWER TO 2105 WALTON
`AVE, LLC CROSS CLAIMS
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`Plaintiff,
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`-against-
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`2105 WALTON AVE, LLC, and RK
`CONTRACTING, INC.,
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`Defendants.
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`2105 WALTON AVE, LLC,
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`Third-Party Plaintiff,
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`-against-
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`DK BUILDERS, INC.,
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`Third-Party Defendant.
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`Defendant, RK CONTRACTING, INC. (“RK”), by its attorneys, Spiro Harrison &
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`Nelson, answers Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff 2105 WALTON AVE LLC Cross Claims, as
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`follows:
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`AS TO THE FIRST CROSS CLAIM
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`1.
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`Deny each and every allegation contained in the Cross-Claim for Contribution of
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`Co-Defendant 2105 WALTON AVE LLC’s Verified Answer to Plaintiff’s Verified Complaint.
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`2.
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`Deny each and every allegation in the Cross-Claim for Indemnification of Co-
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`Defendant 2105 WALTON AVE LLC’s Verified Answer to Plaintiff’s Verified Complaint.
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`WHEREFORE, the answering Defendant RK CONTRACTING, INC. demands judgment
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`dismissing the Cross-Claims of Co-Defendant 2105 WALTON AVE LLC.
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`Dated: Montclair, New Jersey
`February 14, 2024
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`Yours, etc.
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`SPIRO HARRISON & NELSON
`Attorneys for Defendant,
`RK Contracting, Inc.&
`Third-Party Defendant,
`DK Builders, Inc.
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`By: /s/ Adlai J.J. Small
`Adlai J.J. Small, Esq.
`40 Exchange Place, Suite 1404
`New York, NY 10005
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`363 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 2C
`Montclair, NJ 07042
`(973) 232-0892
`asmall@shnlegal.com
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`TO:
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`Len Kushnir, Esq.
`CHARTWELL LAW
`Attorneys for Third-Party Plaintiff
`2105 WALTON AVE, LLC
`One Battery Park Plaza, Suite 710
`New York, New York 10004
`(212) 968-2300
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`CC:
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`Mattew W. Martin, Esq.
`KUBICK & ASSOCIATES, PC
`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`EDWIN ESTEBAN GUAMAN MENDIETA
`32 Broadway, Suite 501
`New York, New York 10004
`(212) 684-7541
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`ATTORNEY'S VERIFICATION
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`The undersigned affirms the following statement to be true under penalties of perjury
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`pursuant to Rule 2106 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules.
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`That he is an attorney at law with the firm of SPIRO HARRISON & NELSON, attorneys
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`for the Defendant, RK CONTRACTING, INC.
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`That he has read the foregoing document and knows the contents thereof, and that the same
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`is true to the knowledge of your affirmant, except as to the matters therein alleged upon
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`information and belief, and that as to those matters, he believes them to be true.
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`That the reason why this affirmation is being made by your affirmant and not the Defendant
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`is that the Defendant does not reside in the county where your affirmant’s firm maintains its
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`offices.
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`That the source of your affirmant’s information and the grounds of his belief as to all the
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`matters therein alleged upon information and belief are from reports and communications had with
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`said Defendant.
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`Dated: Montclair, New Jersey
`February 14, 2024
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`/s/ Adlai J.J. Small
`Adlai J.J. Small
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