The motion court's grant of renewal to third-party defendant Five Star was justified to avoid apparently inconsistent determinations within this action as to the applicability of the Omnibus Workers' Compensation Reform Act of 1996, which amended Workers' Compensation Law § 11 to provide in relevant part that, effective September 10, 1996, "[a]n employer shall not be liable for contribution or indemnity to any third person based upon liability for injuries sustained...
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