Legal Opinion

Robinson v. East Medical Center

New York Court of Appeals

Decided April 4, 2006PublishedCited by 193 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Read, J.

Plaintiff Douglas W. Robinson, a journeyman plumber, was injured on June 23, 1998 while working for Burns Brothers Contractors, Inc. at the construction site for a new medical condominium complex in Fayetteville, New York. Burns Brothers was a plumbing subcontractor on the project.

Plaintiff arrived at the job site at 7:00 a.m. that day, intending to continue to install pipe hanger systems, a task that he had been carrying out for about two weeks, using a six-foot wooden stepladder. In order to perform this work, plaintiff would cut rods to the desired length; mount…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Blake v. Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 2003
  2. Cahill v. TRIBOROUGHNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
  3. Weininger v. Hagedorn & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1998
  4. Montgomery v. FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATIONNew York Court of Appeals · 2005
  5. Robinson v. East Medical Center, LPAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

3Cited by193 opinions

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  4. Przyborowski v. A&M Cook, LLCAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  5. Rico-Castro v. Do & Co New York Catering, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

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