Legal Opinion
Cole v. Long Island Lighting Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 18, 1959PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBenjamin Brenner, J.
A power plant was being built where the four plaintiffs fell from a scaffold while lifting a massive stone in behalf of a stonemason subcontractor. The defendant Caye Construction Company was a prime contractor which undertook to furnish the scaffold for the use of the masons. The defendant Wielandt Construction Company was the brick subcontractor which built it. The scaffold collapsed because it was defectively constructed and the direct cause of the tragedy was traced to a twisted part of an outrigger bracket. The stone fell with the plaintiffs, pinning the legs of two of them. Upon trial…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Koenig v. Patrick Construction Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Quigley v. . ThatcherNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Butler v. . TownsendNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Semanchuck v. Fifth Avenue & 37th Street Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1943
- Shanahan v. . Monarch Engineering Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Lamarca v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1999
- De Luca v. Fehlhaber Corp.Civil Court of the City of New York · 1963
- Sarnoff v. SchadNew York Supreme Court · 1966
- Benefield v. Halmar Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- Cohen v. Josam Construction Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1962
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