Legal Opinion
Smith v. Shell Oil Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 8, 1995PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
Plaintiff was injured when he jumped off an eight-foot A-frame stepladder, which began to tip after he climbed four or five of its stairs to inspect a free-standing, illuminated Shell Oil sign at Rye Shell Auto Care, a Shell service station in Rye, New York. Plaintiff was employed as a maintenance mechanic by third-party defendant Island Pump and Tank Corp. (Island). Island had a contract with Shell Oil Company to effect maintenance and miscellaneous repairs to Shell’s facilities on Long Island…
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