First Department Holds That Contractor Had No Duty to Warn City of Dangerous Condition Unrelated to Contractor's Work

In Trawally v. City of New York, Welsbach Electrical Corp. was under an obligation to maintain the City's traffic signals.  Power Optech was under an obligation to maintain the City's streetlights. Although Welsbach had apparently worked on a traffic signal attached to a "leaning streetlight," the First Department held that Welsbach did not owe a duty to warn either the City or Power Optech of the condition of the streetlight, "as it was unrelated to the work for which [Welsbach] had contracted."