Vanino v. Bruckman

The plaintiff sues for personal injuries allegedly sustained in a fall from a ladder he was using while painting the defendant’s premises, a multiple dwelling. It appears that the defendant had engaged a contractor to do the painting in the building and that the plaintiff, an employee of the contractor, was doing the painting work. In [the first] paragraph “ Seventh ” of the complaint, it is alleged by the plaintiff that the “ defendant, her servants, agents or employees furnished plaintiff with the said ladder to be used in connection with the said painting work.” The plaintiff further…