Legal Opinion
Chacha v. Glickenhaus Doynow Sutton Farm Development, LLC
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 26, 2010Published
1Opinion of the Court
On the morning of March 6, 2007, in Chappaqua, the plaintiff, a carpenter, was nailing a plywood board to the floor joists of the first floor of a residence under construction. He was working less than four feet from the unprotected edge of the first floor, which was approximately 10 to 15 feet above a dirt floor. A stack of plywood boards, each eight feet by four feet by three-fourths inch in size, was placed nearby. While the plaintiff was bent over and nailing the plywood board to the joists, a strong gust of wind allegedly blew the top board of plywood off the nearby stack, striking the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Alvarez v. Prospect HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Winegrad v. New York University Medical CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Rocovich v. Consolidated Edison Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1991
- Blake v. Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 2003
- Zimmer v. Chemung County Performing Arts, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1985
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