France v. Abstract Title Division of Title Guarantee Co.

— Judgment unanimously affirmed, with costs. Memorandum: Plaintiff, an apprentice window cleaner employed by third-party defendant Niagara, was injured when he fell while trying to clean windows in a building owned by defend*712ant Jemsed and leased to defendant Abstract. Defendants Abstract and Jemsed had a statutory duty to provide plaintiff with a "safe means for the cleaning of the windows” (Labor Law, § 202). Third-party defendant Niagara had a similar duty to plaintiff as its employee (Rules of the State Board of Standards and Appeals, §21.1; 12 NYCRR 21.1). Section 202 of the Labor Law…