Ortman v. Logsdon

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Mc-Dermott, J.), entered May 28, 2013 in Madison County, which denied plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability pursuant to Labor Law § 240 (1).

Defendants are the owners of a 65-acre parcel of land located in the Town of Hamilton, Madison County known as Saddleback Farm, upon which they operate, among other things, a horse-boarding business. In May 2010, defendants contracted with Ralph Colvin to construct a pole barn on the property that was to be used for the training and exercising of horses and storage, and Colvin,…