Legal Opinion
Baker v. Essex Homes of Western New York, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 3, 2008PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Diane Y. Devlin, J.), entered October 12, 2007 in a personal injury action. The order granted the motion of plaintiff for partial summary judgment on liability pursuant to Labor Law § 240 (1).
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Plaintiff commenced this Labor Law and common-law negligence action seeking damages for injuries he sustained when he fell from the roof of a building owned by defendant. According to plaintiff, he was standing on bundles of shingles while he was…
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