Peralta v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Douglas McKeon, J.), entered July 1, 2005, which denied plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment on her Labor Law § 240 (1) cause of action and, to the extent appealed from as limited by the brief, denied defendants’ cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the section 240 (1) claim, unanimously modified, on the law, plaintiffs motion granted on the issue of liability, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

Defendant landowners’ argument that plaintiff worker’s injuries, including a lacerated thumb, were not proximately caused by a gravity-related…