Henriquez v. New 520 Gsh LLC

The record shows that plaintiff Ramsey Henriquez, an elevator maintenance mechanic, was injured when the elevator car in which he was riding rapidly descended to the bottom of the elevator shaft. Plaintiff and a coworker were taking the subject car, which had been taken out of service, to the building’s twelfth floor to consult with the building’s engineer about problems with the car.

Dismissal of the Labor Law § 200 claim was proper because defendants and plaintiffs employer New York Elevator (NYE) had entered into a contract providing that NYE would provide a *621broad range of services to…