§ 1401. Claim for contribution. Except as provided in sections 15-108
and 18-201 of the general obligations law, sections eleven and
twenty-nine of the workers' compensation law, or the workers'
compensation law of any other state or the federal government, two or
more persons who are subject to liability for damages for the same
personal injury, injury to property or wrongful death, may claim
contribution among them whether or not an action has been brought or a
judgment has been rendered against the person from whom contribution is
sought.