Luna v. Zoological Society of Buffalo, Inc.

Memorandum: Plaintiff commenced this action seeking damages for injuries he sustained while working as a carpenter on a construction project for defendant. Supreme Court properly granted plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment on liability with respect to the Labor Law § 240 (1) claim. Plaintiff sustained his initial burden of establishing that he was injured as the result of a fall from an elevated work surface and that *1746defendant failed to provide a sufficient safety device (see Ferris v Benbow Chem. Packaging, Inc., 74 AD3d 1831, 1832 [2010]; see generally Runner v New York Stock…