Megna v. Tishman Construction Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, *164Supreme Court, New York County (Leland DeGrasse, J.), entered July 5, 2002, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability under Labor Law § 240 (1), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff, an elevator helper at a construction site, was injured when a temporary two-step wooden staircase leading to a temporary wooden landing collapsed under his weight and he fell to the ground. As the temporary stairway was being used to facilitate plaintiffs access to a different elevation level, and…
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