Greaves v. Obayashi Corp.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Edmead, J.), entered June 5, 2008, which, upon reargument, granted defendant Total Safety’s motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s Labor Law § 240 (1) cause of action as well as all third-party and cross claims against it, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion denied, and the complaint and claims against Total Safety reinstated.

When a concrete wall on which plaintiff was working collapsed, concrete blocks fell against the unsecured scaffold he was standing on, knocking it over and causing him to fall to the ground.…