McGill v. Qudsi
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Peters, J.P.
*1242To establish liability under Labor Law § 240 (1), plaintiffs were required to establish that defendant violated the statute and that the violation was a proximate cause of the accident (see Blake v Neighborhood Hous. Servs. of N.Y. City, 1 NY3d 280, 287 [2003]; Beardslee v Cornell Univ., 72 AD3d 1371, 1371 [2010]; Intelisano v Sam Greco Constr., Inc., 68 AD3d 1321, 1323 [2009]). “[T]he hazards contemplated by section 240 (1) ‘are those related to the effects of gravity where protective devices are called for . . . because of a difference between the elevation level of the required…
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