Czajkowski v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Kenneth L. Thompson, J.), entered October 3, 2013, which granted plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of defendants’ liability pursuant to Labor Law § 240 (1), and denied defendants’ cross motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs complaint, unanimously modified, on the law, to dismiss plaintiffs claims pursuant to Labor Law §§ 200 and 241 (6), and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff, following his supervisors’ instructions, was using a sawzall to remove 10-foot high, 8- to 10-foot wide window frames by removing the…