Ciffa v. Jewish Federation Housing Development Fund Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Thomas P. Flaherty, J.

On September 1,1978, plaintiff Joseph P. Ciffa was employed as a carpenter by third-party defendant John W. Cowper Co., Inc. (Cowper) when a scaffold plank furnished by defendant H. J. Mye Lumber Corporation (Mye Lumber) broke resulting in *893serious personal injuries to Mr. Ciffa. The jobsite was owned by defendant Jewish Federation Housing Development Fund Company, Inc. (Jewish Federation). Plaintiff and his wife subsequently commenced this suit for personal injury and loss of services against Jewish Federation predicated upon theories of common-law…