Angamarca v. Silverstein Properties, Inc.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), entered March 2, 2004, on a jury verdict awarding plaintiffs damages in the principal amount of $1,670,376, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff Nixon Angamarca suffered serious injuries when he fell from a scaffold while engaged in asbestos removal. His fall from an elevated height entitled him to the protection of Labor Law § 240 (1) (see Covey v Iroquois Gas Transmission Sys., 89 NY2d 952 [1997]), notwithstanding his engagement in a task other than actual construction (see Campisi v Epos Contr. Corp., 299 AD2d 4…