Legal Opinion
Bodnarchuk v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 11, 2008PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The claimant, an asbestos worker employed by a subcontractor to perform asbestos abatement at the Helen Hayes Hospital, allegedly was injured after he fell 8 to 10 feet through a metal grate into a hole. The grate was located beneath a window which the workers, including the claimant, used to pass equipment and materials into and out of the locker room where the abatement was taking place. There was evidence at trial that the only way that workers and materials were supposed to enter *582and exit the locker room was through a decontamination chamber.
The Court of Claims dismissed the claim after…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Dermatossian v. New York City Transit AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Kambat v. St. Francis HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
- Patrick v. Bally's Total FitnessAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- Imhotep v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
3Cited by4 opinions
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